# In rails 3 and rspec 2, how can I test the layout used by a call to render()?

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**Category:** RSpec\
**Created:** [September 14, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-rails-3-and-rspec-2-how-can-i-test-the-layout-used-by-a-call-to-render/194939 "2010-09-14T03:40:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lowell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/8baadc/32.png) [@Lowell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Lowell)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-rails-3-and-rspec-2-how-can-i-test-the-layout-used-by-a-call-to-render/194939/1 "2010-09-14T03:40:40Z")

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I’m trying to test that a view was rendered with a given layout. How  
can I test which layout was used for the call to render() ?

The call that I want to test looks like this:

render :some\_view, :layout =\> ‘some\_layout’

Thanks!  
Lowell

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**Author:** ![Lowell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/8baadc/32.png) [@Lowell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Lowell)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-rails-3-and-rspec-2-how-can-i-test-the-layout-used-by-a-call-to-render/194939/2 "2010-09-14T04:26:54Z")

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On Sep 9, 2010, at 4:52 PM, Lowell wrote:

> I’m trying to test that a view was rendered with a given layout. How  
> can I test which layout was used for the call to render() ?
> 
> The call that I want to test looks like this:
> 
> render :some\_view, :layout =\> ‘some\_layout’

response.should render\_template(“layouts/some\_layout”)