Partials in layouts?

Rails
1

Hi Gurus, how do I include a partial in my main layout?

In views/layouts/application.html.erb I have

... <%= render :partial => 'navbar_tabs' %> ... No matter where I put _navbar_tabs.html.erb (or renamed it to _navbar_tabs.erb in desperation) I get the error

Showing app/views/layouts/application.html.erb where line #20 raised:

Missing template messages/_navbar_tabs.erb in view path app/views

Can you help?

TIA,
Craig

2

Try giving the whole path in render like this:

<%= render :partial => ‘/messages/navbar_tabs’ %> # if your partial is
in
messages directory.

Let us know if this does not work.

Thanks,
Abhinav

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3

Thanks–

<%= render :partial => ‘layouts/navbar_tabs’ %>

works. Seems kind of ugly, though–even in layouts, shouldn’t a form
look in its own directory for a partial?

Anyway, thanks!

4

Seems surprising to me as well.

Thanks,
Abhinav

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5

2009/9/8 Dudebot [email protected]:

No matter where I put _navbar_tabs.html.erb (or renamed it to
_navbar_tabs.erb in desperation) I get the error

Showing app/views/layouts/application.html.erb where line #20 raised:

Missing template messages/_navbar_tabs.erb in view path app/views

What happens if you name it _navbar_tabs.html.erb and put in in
views/messages?

Colin

6

By convention, any partials that are loaded by “application.html.erb”
are loaded by all controllers in the application. That being the
case, when rendering app->messages->index:

The app…erb line will read "<%= render :partial => ‘layouts/
app_wide_partial’ %>
The partial will be found in views/layouts/
_app_wide_partial.html.erb
When the line in app…erb is reached that reads “<%= yield %>”
The file “views/messages/index.html.erb” is rendered

And you have a file views/layouts/application.html.erb
that calls “<%= render :partial => ‘navbar_tabs’ %>”
Rails will look for the partial named: views/messages/
_navbar_tabs.html.erb

It is customary practice to follow the convention “… :partial =>
‘directory/partial’ %>” just so there is no confusion. Thus, if you
had additional message related tabs, you would include in views/
messages/index.html.erb: <%= render :partial => ‘messages/
msg_navbar_tabs’ %>

7

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:30 AM, Dudebot [email protected] wrote:

Thanks–

<%= render :partial => ‘layouts/navbar_tabs’ %>

works. Seems kind of ugly, though–even in layouts, shouldn’t a form
look in its own directory for a partial?

If you’re using the partial in the layout, it means the partial will be
displayed
on every page of the site by default. Is this the case?

-Conrad

8

works. Seems kind of ugly, though–even in layouts, shouldn’t a form
look in its own directory for a partial?

It does, you’re just misunderstanding what “its own directory” refers
to. Your form is not a part of “layouts,” it’s a part of the
controller rendering it.