hello, My app has a layout that is global. Accross all pages. I also wish to have a layout with in the global layout for on of my controllers. If i create a layout for this controller it takes over form the global layout. How can i stop this from happening so that the controller layout appears with in the global layout.. Thanks for your time reading this. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Doesn''t quite work that way. You have to use partials for this, or you
just
simply need to duplicate your layout and modify it for that controller.
A layout called "application.rhtml" will be used for all controllers.
If you
remove all other layouts, that one layout will be used everywhere
automatically. If FooController needs a different layout, you then make a
layout called ''foo.rhtml''. It''s just a copy of
''application.rhtml'' but it
has the new stuff in there. The downside is that you''re modifying two
layouts.
So the usual approach is to put the additional stuff into a partial.
views/foo/_layout.rhtml
Then in your layout (application.rhtml) put this code:
<%=@custom_layout %>
Finally, in your controller, you should be able to do this:
class FooController < ApplicationController
before_filter :set_layout
private
def set_layout
@custom_layout = render :partial=>"foo/layout"
end
end
That''s how I''ve done it in the past... it would be cool to
hear other
suggestions for this. You could also put ''if'' statements in
your layout...
like
<% if controller_name == "foo" %>
<%=render :partial =>"foo/layout" %>
<% end %>
But I don''t like that so much if you''ve got lots of different
layouts.
On 11/21/06, Stewart
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>
> hello,
>
>
> My app has a layout that is global. Accross all pages. I also wish to
> have a layout with in the global layout for on of my controllers. If i
> create a layout for this controller it takes over form the global
> layout. How can i stop this from happening so that the controller layout
> appears with in the global layout..
>
>
> Thanks for your time reading this.
>
> --
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Stewart <rails-mailing-list@...> writes:> > > hello, > > My app has a layout that is global. Accross all pages. I also wish to > have a layout with in the global layout for on of my controllers. If i > create a layout for this controller it takes over form the global > layout. How can i stop this from happening so that the controller layout > appears with in the global layout.. > > Thanks for your time reading this. >I use inside_layout as found in the wiki: http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/Nested --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On 22 November 2006 10:05, Brian Hogan wrote:> Doesn''t quite work that way. You have to use partials for this, or you just > simply need to duplicate your layout and modify it for that controller. > > A layout called "application.rhtml" will be used for all controllers. If > you remove all other layouts, that one layout will be used everywhere > automatically. If FooController needs a different layout, you then make a > layout called ''foo.rhtml''. It''s just a copy of ''application.rhtml'' but > it has the new stuff in there. The downside is that you''re modifying two > layouts. > > So the usual approach is to put the additional stuff into a partial. > > views/foo/_layout.rhtml > > Then in your layout (application.rhtml) put this code: > > <%=@custom_layout %> > > Finally, in your controller, you should be able to do this: > > class FooController < ApplicationController > before_filter :set_layout > > > > private > def set_layout > @custom_layout = render :partial=>"foo/layout" > end > > > > end > > That''s how I''ve done it in the past... it would be cool to hear other > suggestions for this. You could also put ''if'' statements in your layout... > like > > <% if controller_name == "foo" %> > <%=render :partial =>"foo/layout" %> > <% end %>That''s a damn ugly and unDRY way. Nested layouts are common approach in web site development and I was surprised that Rails doesn''t support it. That''s why the first thing I did when I switched to Rails is to develop a method to make nested layouts possible. I first started to think about allowing array of layouts in ActionController::Base.layout call, but then it stroke me: every layout can be specific to it''s outer layout. So it turned to be just a simple (at first revision - 2 lines of code) helper to wrap template into another layout. So, that''s how nested_layouts plugin was born. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Maxim Kulkin wrote:> On 22 November 2006 10:05, Brian Hogan wrote: >> So the usual approach is to put the additional stuff into a partial. >> before_filter :set_layout >> end >> >> That''s how I''ve done it in the past... it would be cool to hear other >> suggestions for this. You could also put ''if'' statements in your layout... >> like >> >> <% if controller_name == "foo" %> >> <%=render :partial =>"foo/layout" %> >> <% end %> > > That''s a damn ugly and unDRY way. Nested layouts are common approach in > web > site development and I was surprised that Rails doesn''t support it. > > That''s why the first thing I did when I switched to Rails is to develop > a > method to make nested layouts possible. I first started to think about > allowing array of layouts in ActionController::Base.layout call, but > then it > stroke me: every layout can be specific to it''s outer layout. So it > turned to > be just a simple (at first revision - 2 lines of code) helper to wrap > template into another layout. > > So, that''s how nested_layouts plugin was born.Great thats exacley what i need. But i cant seem to install it svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/nested-layouts Is that the corrent address? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On 22 November 2006 14:52, Stewart wrote:> Great thats exacley what i need. But i cant seem to install it > svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/nested-layouts > > Is that the corrent address?Have you been to plugin''s homepage (http://nested-layouts.rubyforge.org/) ? There is installation instructions. To install it the correct command is ./script/plugin install svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/nested-layouts/trunk/nested_layouts --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Maxim Kulkin wrote:> On 22 November 2006 14:52, Stewart wrote: >> Great thats exacley what i need. But i cant seem to install it >> svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/nested-layouts >> >> Is that the corrent address? > Have you been to plugin''s homepage > (http://nested-layouts.rubyforge.org/) ? > There is installation instructions. > > To install it the correct command is > ./script/plugin install > svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/nested-layouts/trunk/nested_layouts./script/plugin source svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/nested-layouts/trunk thats the command you have listed on the page.... might want to update it. great plugin i am really shocked that dhh has not yet addressed this. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Maxim Kulkin wrote:> On 22 November 2006 14:52, Stewart wrote: >> Great thats exacley what i need. But i cant seem to install it >> svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/nested-layouts >> >> Is that the corrent address? > Have you been to plugin''s homepage > (http://nested-layouts.rubyforge.org/) ? > There is installation instructions. > > To install it the correct command is > ./script/plugin install > svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/nested-layouts/trunk/nested_layoutsi am still getting errors when i try and install the plug in .. i thoght i got it work before but i dont think i have. I set all the code up to work but i was gettting undefined method `inside_layout'' for #<#<Class:0x36be9a0>:0x36be970> so i thought that i had not installed the plugin correclty sure enuf when i went to install the plugin i get the following E:\RubyOnRails\rails_apps\???\script>ruby plugin install ne sted_layouts plugin: No such file or directory - svn ls svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/nested-la youts/trunk/ plugin: No such file or directory - svn ls svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/nested-la youts/ Plugin not found: nested_layouts -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On 22 November 2006 16:30, Stewart wrote:> Maxim Kulkin wrote: > > On 22 November 2006 14:52, Stewart wrote: > >> Great thats exacley what i need. But i cant seem to install it > >> svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/nested-layouts > >> > >> Is that the corrent address? > > > > Have you been to plugin''s homepage > > (http://nested-layouts.rubyforge.org/) ? > > There is installation instructions. > > > > To install it the correct command is > > ./script/plugin install > > svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/nested-layouts/trunk/nested_layouts > > ./script/plugin source svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/nested-layouts/trunk > > thats the command you have listed on the page.... might want to update > it.Have you noticed the "source" command ? In fact, I just tested it (copy+paste those two commands and it worked). Though, if you have lots of repositories registered, it takes some time to find where that plugin is located. I''ll consider changing installation instructions for a more shorter / faster / common version. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I like your plugin... but I don''t think that using partials is unDRY. The method I outlined was the same idea as content_for_layout. On 11/22/06, Maxim Kulkin <maxim.kulkin-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > > On 22 November 2006 10:05, Brian Hogan wrote: > > Doesn''t quite work that way. You have to use partials for this, or you > just > > simply need to duplicate your layout and modify it for that controller. > > > > A layout called "application.rhtml" will be used for all controllers. If > > you remove all other layouts, that one layout will be used everywhere > > automatically. If FooController needs a different layout, you then make > a > > layout called ''foo.rhtml''. It''s just a copy of ''application.rhtml'' > but > > it has the new stuff in there. The downside is that you''re modifying > two > > layouts. > > > > So the usual approach is to put the additional stuff into a partial. > > > > views/foo/_layout.rhtml > > > > Then in your layout (application.rhtml) put this code: > > > > <%=@custom_layout %> > > > > Finally, in your controller, you should be able to do this: > > > > class FooController < ApplicationController > > before_filter :set_layout > > > > > > > > private > > def set_layout > > @custom_layout = render :partial=>"foo/layout" > > end > > > > > > > > end > > > > That''s how I''ve done it in the past... it would be cool to hear other > > suggestions for this. You could also put ''if'' statements in your > layout... > > like > > > > <% if controller_name == "foo" %> > > <%=render :partial =>"foo/layout" %> > > <% end %> > > That''s a damn ugly and unDRY way. Nested layouts are common approach in > web > site development and I was surprised that Rails doesn''t support it. > > That''s why the first thing I did when I switched to Rails is to develop a > method to make nested layouts possible. I first started to think about > allowing array of layouts in ActionController::Base.layout call, but then > it > stroke me: every layout can be specific to it''s outer layout. So it turned > to > be just a simple (at first revision - 2 lines of code) helper to wrap > template into another layout. > > So, that''s how nested_layouts plugin was born. > > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On 11/23/06, Brian Hogan <bphogan-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I like your plugin... but I don''t think that using partials is unDRY. The > method I outlined was the same idea as content_for_layout.I mean, having to maintain several layouts (general and more specific), where specific layouts are full-copies of generic layout is very unDRY. Your solution with partials lack the ability to "wrap" the content in layout: you can just insert some code before (after) the content (actually, you can declare two "extension points" to insert code before AND after content. but this requires extra work and doesn''t reflect the idea of layouts). Also, it is hard to use another level of layout nesting: you need to define new "extension points" in 2nd level layout. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Perhaps I don''t completely understand, but I''ve got a page of selects where each depends on what''s set in a previous select. Each select is drawn with it''s own partial and inside each partial I render the *next* partial if I already have the next value (if I''m revisiting the page to edit it, for example). It ends up like this: layout -> partial -> partial -> partial -> partial and it works fine. The key is that you can render another partial from within a partial. David Maxim Kulkin wrote:> On 22 November 2006 10:05, Brian Hogan wrote: > >> Doesn''t quite work that way. You have to use partials for this, or you just >> simply need to duplicate your layout and modify it for that controller. >> >> A layout called "application.rhtml" will be used for all controllers. If >> you remove all other layouts, that one layout will be used everywhere >> automatically. If FooController needs a different layout, you then make a >> layout called ''foo.rhtml''. It''s just a copy of ''application.rhtml'' but >> it has the new stuff in there. The downside is that you''re modifying two >> layouts. >> >> So the usual approach is to put the additional stuff into a partial. >> >> views/foo/_layout.rhtml >> >> Then in your layout (application.rhtml) put this code: >> >> <%=@custom_layout %> >> >> Finally, in your controller, you should be able to do this: >> >> class FooController < ApplicationController >> before_filter :set_layout >> >> >> >> private >> def set_layout >> @custom_layout = render :partial=>"foo/layout" >> end >> >> >> >> end >> >> That''s how I''ve done it in the past... it would be cool to hear other >> suggestions for this. You could also put ''if'' statements in your layout... >> like >> >> <% if controller_name == "foo" %> >> <%=render :partial =>"foo/layout" %> >> <% end %> >> > > That''s a damn ugly and unDRY way. Nested layouts are common approach in web > site development and I was surprised that Rails doesn''t support it. > > That''s why the first thing I did when I switched to Rails is to develop a > method to make nested layouts possible. I first started to think about > allowing array of layouts in ActionController::Base.layout call, but then it > stroke me: every layout can be specific to it''s outer layout. So it turned to > be just a simple (at first revision - 2 lines of code) helper to wrap > template into another layout. > > So, that''s how nested_layouts plugin was born. > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---