I am currently using 2 layouts in my site. One is for the admin area. I
am trying to get content in my sidebar to change depending upon the
current controller.
Example:
Within admin I have a users controller and a articles controller. When
in the users view I want the sidebar to display options (like add user
delete user etc).
What is the best actionview way to do this. I don’t want loads of
differing layouts as there could be many different controllers in
future.
I could use render partial but then in each of the controllers actions I
would have a load of repeated html breaking the DRY rules.
I accomplished this exact same task by creating a method in my
application helper. This method would dynamically create my navbar
based on a context variable that I would set in each template. (<%
@context = ‘about’ %>). I would call my application helper method in my
layout and let it return my modified navbar. This solution works great
for me.
On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 12:20 +0100, James W. wrote:
What is the best actionview way to do this. I don’t want loads of
differing layouts as there could be many different controllers in
future.
I could use render partial but then in each of the controllers actions I
would have a load of repeated html breaking the DRY rules.
Charlie B.
http://www.recentrambles.com
Charlie B. wrote:
I accomplished this exact same task by creating a method in my
application helper. This method would dynamically create my navbar
based on a context variable that I would set in each template. (<%
@context = ‘about’ %>). I would call my application helper method in my
layout and let it return my modified navbar. This solution works great
for me.
On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 12:20 +0100, James W. wrote:
What is the best actionview way to do this. I don’t want loads of
differing layouts as there could be many different controllers in
future.
I could use render partial but then in each of the controllers actions I
would have a load of repeated html breaking the DRY rules.
Charlie B.
http://www.recentrambles.com
Thanks, I have just started doing just that after sitting down, having a
cup of coffee and thinking about it. 
I have a sidebar method in application.rb that renders the default
sidebar.
I can the override this method is whatever controllers that might need
it
In the layout i do a render_component calling sidebar on the current
controller.
I also pass the original action and the original id, these may be handy
when rendering some specific sidebar
On Friday, March 24, 2006, at 2:04 PM, James W. wrote:
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