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2006 May 04
1
How do I identify the initiating View from within a Helper?
I would like to call a helper method from my View to construct a sidebar
menu. The menu is contextual, so ideally I would like to do something
like this:
View
----
<%= sidebar_menu %>
Helper
------
def sidebar_menu
case _calling_view_
when ''_view_identifier_''
... build menu...
end
end
where ''_calling_view_'' is the key that points to the
''_view_identifier_'', if this this makes sense!
I could send a parameter with the method call (eg
sidebar_menu(''searc...
2006 May 04
1
Re: How do I identify the initiating View from within aHelper?
...wrote:
> I would like to call a helper method from my View to construct a
sidebar
> menu. The menu is contextual, so ideally I would like to do something
> like this:
>
> View
> ----
> <%= sidebar_menu %>
>
> Helper
> ------
> def sidebar_menu
> case _calling_view_
> when ''_view_identifier_''
> ... build menu...
> end
> end
>
> where ''_calling_view_'' is the key that points to the
> ''_view_identifier_'', if this this makes sense!
>
> I could send a parameter with the...