Rails - Apr 2005 - controller.action_name and components

Hi all,

is there a way to get the name of the action that called for rendering 
of a component?

When used in a component controller.action_name gets the name of the 
component itself and I need the name of the action that called for it.

Any ideas?

Many thanks in advance!

Nicky

Nicky,

On 10.4.2005, at 22:11, Nickolay Kolev wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> is there a way to get the name of the action that called for rendering 
> of a component?
>
> When used in a component controller.action_name gets the name of the 
> component itself and I need the name of the action that called for it.
>
> Any ideas?
I''m not sure about that, but one way that might solve your problem is 
to use a specific target instance variable and take action upon that in 
the view.

E.g. if you''re using the same view for both create and update actions:

def create
     @target = "create"
...
     render_action "edit"
end

def update
     @target = "update"
...
     render_action "edit"
end

In the view:

<%= @target == "create" ? "Create new widget" :
"Edit widget" %>

//jarkko

>
> Many thanks in advance!
>
> Nicky
>
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> I''m not sure about that, but one way that might solve your problem
is
> to use a specific target instance variable and take action upon that 
> in the view.
Thats how I had solved it before looking for a more, er, elegant 
solution.

Thanks, Jarkko!