Active CSS class in Views block

My issue is the following. I've got a views generated front page which lists the nodes and displays only one, the latest one. So the front page shows exactly the same as the latest node itself, however, it is rendered by views.
In a side block all the nodes' title are listed, which makes it a kind of menu block. You can click the titles and it directs you to the node. That's simple.
When you are in a specific node the title link gets the "active" css class, so it is easy to theme.
However!
When you are at the front page (that is the Views generated view, and not an actual node) the links in the block does not get an "active" class. Hence it is not possible to theme it. No matter the front page view displays the same as the last node.

How is it possible to do the magic trick and give the "active" css?