I once wrote something like this:
template: function () {
var template = [],
controller = this.get('controller'),
router = controller.container.lookup('router:main'),
currentHandlerInfos = router.get('router.currentHandlerInfos');
for (var i = 0; i < currentHandlerInfos.length; i++) {
var name = Em.get(currentHandlerInfos[i], 'name');
if (!(router.hasRoute(name) || router.hasRoute(name + '.index')) || name.endsWith('.index')) {
continue;
}
var notLast = i < currentHandlerInfos.length - 1 && !Em.get(currentHandlerInfos[i + 1], 'name').endsWith('.index');
template.push('<li' + (notLast ? '>' : ' class="active">'));
if (notLast) {
template.push('{{#linkTo "' + name + '"}}');
}
template.push(name);
if (notLast) {
template.push('{{/linkTo}}');
}
if (notLast) {
template.push('<span class="divider">/</span>');
}
template.push('</li>');
}
return Em.Handlebars.compile(template.join("\n"));
}.property('controller.currentPath')