Rails - Nov 2005 - Extend ActionView with custom tags

Hi #{pluralize(person)},

Does some know how to add custom tag helpers to ActionView?

Something like:

module ActionView::Helpers::FooHelper
   def foo_tag
     "<foo bar=4711/>"
   end
   # ...
end


so you can use foo_tag inside an .rhtml like:

...

  <%= foo_tag %>

...

Thanks in advance!!

Regards
Peter

You don''t really need to add the function to ActionView::Helpers - all
you need to do is either put it in your
/app/helpers/application_helper.rb file, and the method will be
automatically made available to all your views.

Alternatively, define the method in a module, say, /lib/foo_helper.rb:

module FooHelper
  def foo_tag
    ...
  end
end

and then include this module in your ApplicationHelper:

module ApplicationHelper
  include FooHelper
end

On 11/5/05, Pete <pertl-BA+cFGlbTmA@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hi #{pluralize(person)},
>
> Does some know how to add custom tag helpers to ActionView?
>
> Something like:
>
> module ActionView::Helpers::FooHelper
>    def foo_tag
>      "<foo bar=4711/>"
>    end
>    # ...
> end
>
>
> so you can use foo_tag inside an .rhtml like:
>
> ...
>
>   <%= foo_tag %>
>
> ...
>
> Thanks in advance!!
>
> Regards
> Peter
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>

Hi,
You can simply put your method in application helper, then you can use
it in all of your views.

2005/11/5, Pete:
> Hi #{pluralize(person)},
>
> Does some know how to add custom tag helpers to ActionView?
>
> Something like:
>
> module ActionView::Helpers::FooHelper
>    def foo_tag
>      "<foo bar=4711/>"
>    end
>    # ...
> end
>
>
> so you can use foo_tag inside an .rhtml like:
>
> ...
>
>   <%= foo_tag %>
>
> ...
>
> Thanks in advance!!
>
> Regards
> Peter
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org
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>