# How to limit standard layout on action

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-limit-standard-layout-on-action/55065>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 16, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-limit-standard-layout-on-action/55065 "2006-03-16T19:38:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![zaq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/f04885/32.png) [@zaq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zaq)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-limit-standard-layout-on-action/55065/1 "2006-03-16T19:38:03Z")

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I have an action/view that I need to return only data (other external  
processes query this action/view) but I need the standard\_layout  
template to be attached to the other actions/views in the same  
controller. ie, the editing of the data in the model needs to include  
all the navigation, except one view which should just return a  
text/plain output.

how do I say “include standard\_layout on all but this one action/view”  
?

thanks  
-zaq

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**Author:** ![zaq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/f04885/32.png) [@zaq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zaq)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-limit-standard-layout-on-action/55065/2 "2006-03-16T19:57:07Z")

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well…

include standard\_layout on all but this one action/view"

layout “standard”, :except =\>“one\_action”

now thats almost a 1-to-1 translation…amazing…

more at [http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/Layout/](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/Layout/)  
ClassMethods.html

On Thursday, March 16, 2006, at 7:38 PM, zac elston wrote:

> thanks  
> -zaq
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**Author:** ![zaq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/f04885/32.png) [@zaq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zaq)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-limit-standard-layout-on-action/55065/3 "2006-03-16T20:14:53Z")

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Mikkel B. wrote:

> well…
> 
> include standard\_layout on all but this one action/view"
> 
> layout “standard”, :except =\>“one\_action”
> 
> now thats almost a 1-to-1 translation…amazing…

I love beautiful languages. thanks

-zaq