Rails - Oct 2006 - Different <title> per action, when using layouts?

Hey everyone,

Right now I wrap all my pages in an application-level layout. It writes 
the header, the encompassing body, etc. I''d like to have a default
value
for the <title/> that could be overridden by a controller method. All I 
can think of is defining a @title variable for every controller method 
-- and it seems redundant. What''s the best way to go about this?

Thanks,
Ben

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Ben Winekur wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> Right now I wrap all my pages in an application-level layout. It writes 
> the header, the encompassing body, etc. I''d like to have a default
value
> for the <title/> that could be overridden by a controller method. All
I
> can think of is defining a @title variable for every controller method 
> -- and it seems redundant. What''s the best way to go about this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ben
My apologies -- I found a thread that had exactly what I wanted.

http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/63761#69833

Thanks,
Ben

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On 10/10/06, Ben Winekur
<rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> Right now I wrap all my pages in an application-level layout. It writes
> the header, the encompassing body, etc. I''d like to have a default
value
> for the <title/> that could be overridden by a controller method. All
I
> can think of is defining a @title variable for every controller method
> -- and it seems redundant. What''s the best way to go about this?
I think you can simply use

<title><%= controller.action_name %></title>

or <title><%= controller.controller_name %></title>

etc.

If you want per-controller optional overrides, try:

<title><%= @title || controller.controller_name %>

Then just define @title for the controllers that you want to have the
layout use something other than the controller name.

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Ben Winekur <rails-mailing-list@...> writes:
> All I  can think of is defining a  <at> title 
> variable for every controller method 
> -- and it seems redundant. What''s the best way to go about this?
Well, at the end of the day you''re going to need *something* which is
different
for every title you want to have, so I would think that per-method would be
ideal


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I''m using this:

<title>Default Prefix - <%= $title || controller.action_name
%></title>

if you want to change the title for some controller just overwrite
$title for this controller e.g. in the initialize method

Daniel


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