diff --git a/cmd/web.go b/cmd/web.go
index dfe47021c7..cb14b7c946 100644
--- a/cmd/web.go
+++ b/cmd/web.go
@@ -463,6 +463,8 @@ func runWeb(ctx *cli.Context) {
 				m.Post("/delete", repo.DeleteDeployKey)
 			})
 
+		}, func(ctx *middleware.Context) {
+			ctx.Data["PageIsSettings"] = true
 		})
 	}, reqSignIn, middleware.RepoAssignment(true), reqRepoAdmin, middleware.RepoRef())
 
diff --git a/routers/repo/release.go b/routers/repo/release.go
index e2a8d6f661..f06a831918 100644
--- a/routers/repo/release.go
+++ b/routers/repo/release.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const (
 
 func Releases(ctx *middleware.Context) {
 	ctx.Data["Title"] = ctx.Tr("repo.release.releases")
+	ctx.Data["PageIsReleaseList"] = true
 
 	rawTags, err := ctx.Repo.GitRepo.GetTags()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -138,12 +139,14 @@ func Releases(ctx *middleware.Context) {
 
 func NewRelease(ctx *middleware.Context) {
 	ctx.Data["Title"] = ctx.Tr("repo.release.new_release")
+	ctx.Data["PageIsReleaseList"] = true
 	ctx.Data["tag_target"] = ctx.Repo.Repository.DefaultBranch
 	ctx.HTML(200, RELEASE_NEW)
 }
 
 func NewReleasePost(ctx *middleware.Context, form auth.NewReleaseForm) {
 	ctx.Data["Title"] = ctx.Tr("repo.release.new_release")
+	ctx.Data["PageIsReleaseList"] = true
 
 	if ctx.HasError() {
 		ctx.HTML(200, RELEASE_NEW)
@@ -196,6 +199,7 @@ func NewReleasePost(ctx *middleware.Context, form auth.NewReleaseForm) {
 
 func EditRelease(ctx *middleware.Context) {
 	ctx.Data["Title"] = ctx.Tr("repo.release.edit_release")
+	ctx.Data["PageIsReleaseList"] = true
 	ctx.Data["PageIsEditRelease"] = true
 
 	tagName := ctx.Params(":tagname")
@@ -219,6 +223,7 @@ func EditRelease(ctx *middleware.Context) {
 
 func EditReleasePost(ctx *middleware.Context, form auth.EditReleaseForm) {
 	ctx.Data["Title"] = ctx.Tr("repo.release.edit_release")
+	ctx.Data["PageIsReleaseList"] = true
 	ctx.Data["PageIsEditRelease"] = true
 
 	tagName := ctx.Params(":tagname")
diff --git a/templates/repo/sidebar.tmpl b/templates/repo/sidebar.tmpl
index 20d14a27df..ca38627bcf 100644
--- a/templates/repo/sidebar.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/sidebar.tmpl
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
   <a class="{{if .PageIsPullList}}active{{end}} item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/pulls">
     <i class="icon octicon octicon-git-pull-request"></i> {{.i18n.Tr "repo.pulls"}} <span class="ui blue label">{{.Repository.NumOpenPulls}}</span>
   </a>
-  <a class="item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/commits/{{EscapePound .BranchName}}">
+  <a class="{{if .PageIsCommits}}active{{end}} item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/commits/{{EscapePound .BranchName}}">
     <i class="icon octicon octicon-history"></i> {{.i18n.Tr "repo.commits"}} <span class="ui blue label">{{.CommitsCount}}</span>
   </a>
-  <a class="item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/releases">
+  <a class="{{if .PageIsReleaseList}}active{{end}} item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/releases">
     <i class="icon octicon octicon-tag"></i> {{.i18n.Tr "repo.releases"}} <span class="ui blue label">{{.Repository.NumTags}}</span>
   </a>
   {{if .IsRepositoryAdmin}}
-  <a class="item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/settings">
+  <a class="{{if .PageIsSettings}}active{{end}} item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/settings">
     <i class="icon octicon octicon-tools"></i> {{.i18n.Tr "repo.settings"}}
   </a>
   {{end}}