Controlling Sidebar-Menuitiems (highlight Menuiteim) with button in Content

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
1

Hi guys,

i want to highlight a menuitem within the sidebarmenu by clicking on a button in the contentarea of my current view.

app.html (sidebar):

<ion-menu [content]="content" class="sidebar">
	<ion-header>
		<ion-toolbar>
			<ion-title>Menü</ion-title>
		</ion-toolbar>
	</ion-header>
	<ion-content class="sidebar__content">
		<ion-list class="sidebar__list">

				<div *ngFor="let p of pages">
					<button ion-item padding menuClose
					        (click)="openPage(p)"
					        [ngClass]="(p.isSub)?'item--sub':'item--main'"
					        [class.hideFromGuests]="checkLoggedIn(p)"
					        [class.item--active]="checkActive(p)">
						<ion-icon *ngIf="p.icon" name="{{p.icon}}" item-start></ion-icon>
						<ion-label>{{p.title}}</ion-label>
					</button>
				</div>

		</ion-list>
	</ion-content>
</ion-menu>

home.html

...
			<button (click)="goTo('Account')" ion-button full padding class="button button--white button--auto-height button--icon-top button--icon-big">
				<ion-icon class="button__icon" name="ios-contact"></ion-icon>
				<label class="button__label">Mein Account</label>
			</button>
...

home.ts

...
	goTo(href) {
		switch (href) {
			...
			case 'Account' : {
				href = AccountPage;
				break;
			}
			...
		}
		console.log(href);
		this.navCtrl.setRoot(href);
	}
...

Question
this.navCtrl.setRoot() works just fine, but how can i tell the sidemenu (app.html/.ts) to toggle a class (highlight) at any menuitem?