I''ve a single controller - class ContentController < ApplicationController end in the app/views/content folder I have quite a few .rhtml files I need to be able to choose a different layout template to use in each of these .rhtml files. i''d like to be able to do something like (which doesn''t work..) <% layout ''layout1'' %> Any suggestions? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
You can set the layout as part of the render method, when you decide which .rhtml template to render>From http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionController/Base.html#M000178# Renders the template for the action "goal" within the current controller render :action => "goal" # Renders the template for the action "short_goal" within the current controller, # but without the current active layout render :action => "short_goal", :layout => false # Renders the template for the action "long_goal" within the current controller, # but with a custom layout render :action => "long_goal", :layout => "spectacular" On 1/17/06, Darragh Curran <darragh-rubyforum@peelmeagrape.net> wrote:> > I''ve a single controller - > > class ContentController < ApplicationController end > > in the app/views/content folder I have quite a few .rhtml files > > I need to be able to choose a different layout template to > use in each of these .rhtml files. > > i''d like to be able to do something like (which doesn''t work..) > > <% layout ''layout1'' %> > > > Any suggestions? > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060117/ef6f75e5/attachment.html
Paul Barry wrote:> You can set the layout as part of the render method, when you decide > which > .rhtml template to renderYeah - that''s not exactly what I''m looking for - I want to decide what layout to use in the .rhtml itself - my controller defines no actions - so the behaviour is a file app/views/content/file.rhtml is rendered when i hit http://example.com/content/file if the ContentController set''s layout like class ContentController < ApplicationController layout ''example_layout'' end then app/views/layout/example_layout.rhtml is used as the layout. calling ''render'' in the file.rhtml has no effect. I''ve had a good trawl of docs and src - without finding anything obvious. So I''m just wondering if someone has come across a solution or if someone with better knowledge of rails source knows of an approach. Cheers Darragh -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
ok - one solution I can use is to split my layout into ''header'' and ''footer'' and have something like <%= render ''/layouts/example_layout_header''%> <p><strong>Normal template contents</strong></p> <%= render ''/layouts/example_layout_footer''%> which is ok for me at the moment until I can figure a better solution. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
It may be possible to make it work the way you want, but the easiest way to make this work is to use an action in the controller to decide. The whole point of a controller is to decide what to do, and part of that can be to decide which layout to use. Use the controller to control and the view to view. -----Original Message----- From: rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org [mailto:rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org] On Behalf Of Darragh Curran Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 4:19 PM To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org Subject: [Rails] Setting layout template in .rhtml Paul Barry wrote:> You can set the layout as part of the render method, when you decide > which > .rhtml template to renderYeah - that''s not exactly what I''m looking for - I want to decide what layout to use in the .rhtml itself - my controller defines no actions - so the behaviour is a file app/views/content/file.rhtml is rendered when i hit http://example.com/content/file if the ContentController set''s layout like class ContentController < ApplicationController layout ''example_layout'' end then app/views/layout/example_layout.rhtml is used as the layout. calling ''render'' in the file.rhtml has no effect. I''ve had a good trawl of docs and src - without finding anything obvious. So I''m just wondering if someone has come across a solution or if someone with better knowledge of rails source knows of an approach. Cheers Darragh -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. _______________________________________________ Rails mailing list Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
Tom Fakes wrote:> use an action in the controller to decide.The ContentController I''m using deals with arbitrary content in the app i''m working on - pages with static content (apart from some dynamic bits handled in layouts) The reason I want to be able to control the layout in the rhtml file is so I can keep the advantage of the default behaviour - (ie not define actions - for every page I add) I''d prefer something like <% layout ''layout1'' %> in each of these content rhtml files - than have to define an action like def xxxx_page render :action => ''xxx_page'', :layout => ''layout1'' end for every new content file I add. you may be thinking why do i need to change layouts like this within a single controller - the answer is the web design being imposed on the app i''m working on makes this necessary.... -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Just curious, what defines which rhtml file get''s which layout? If it''s some attribute (database, param, session, etc ...) then you can write code in the application.rb controller to switch layouts based on this attribute. I''ve done this, so it''s easy. :) -andy -- Andrew Stone -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060118/4d497875/attachment.html
Take a look at this to get some ideas on how to get the correct layout in the controller code: http://habtm.com/articles/2005/04/28/rails-layout-fun What dynamic bits are in the layouts? I don''t think it''s possible to have a view change its layout, as the layout has already been picked before the view gets rendered. The documentation indicates you can do this be having a single layout that picks sub-layout file, calls <%= render "sub-layout-file-name" %> Your sub-layout code would do exactly as a layout does, including having the @content_for_layout variable which contains the output from the action rendering. -----Original Message----- From: rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org [mailto:rails-bounces@lists.rubyonrails.org] On Behalf Of Darragh Curran Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 4:50 PM To: rails@lists.rubyonrails.org Subject: [Rails] Re: RE: Setting layout template in .rhtml Tom Fakes wrote:> use an action in the controller to decide.The ContentController I''m using deals with arbitrary content in the app i''m working on - pages with static content (apart from some dynamic bits handled in layouts) The reason I want to be able to control the layout in the rhtml file is so I can keep the advantage of the default behaviour - (ie not define actions - for every page I add) I''d prefer something like <% layout ''layout1'' %> in each of these content rhtml files - than have to define an action like def xxxx_page render :action => ''xxx_page'', :layout => ''layout1'' end for every new content file I add. you may be thinking why do i need to change layouts like this within a single controller - the answer is the web design being imposed on the app i''m working on makes this necessary.... -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. _______________________________________________ Rails mailing list Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
I;ve figured out a workable approach - with the benefit to me of nicer
urls
in routes.rb for each section of static content - which maps to logical
section of site and specific layout
map.connect ''content/info/:template'', :controller =>
''content'', :action
=> ''info''
I define action ''info'' in ContentController something like
def info
template_name = ''content/info/#{}'' + params[:template]
render :template => template_name, :layout =>
''info_layout''
end
This is ok for me - I traced through how action controller handles
requests which don''t have actions - and couldn''t see any easy
way to get
behaviour i originally wanted.
--
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Darragh Curran
2006-Jan-18 01:11 UTC
[Rails] RE: Re: RE: Setting layout template in .rhtml
Tom Fakes wrote:> The documentation indicates you can do this be having a single layout > that picks sub-layout file,Sorry - didn''t pick up on this the first time - I could have ContentController - and all controllers choose the same layout - but each of them set some variable and in the main layout switch amongst sublayouts based on the value of the variable. Which isn''t too bad a solution either - I think i''ll stick with the routes.rb based solution for the moment. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.