# Stupid question on application layout

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stupid-question-on-application-layout/133130>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 28, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stupid-question-on-application-layout/133130 "2008-03-28T04:56:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![apswartz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@apswartz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/apswartz)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stupid-question-on-application-layout/133130/1 "2008-03-28T04:56:14Z")

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I know this is a stupid question, but I can’t seem to find the answer.

In my app/views/layouts, I had tasks.html.erb (and others) That worked  
great.

I added application.html.erb, but NOTHING is using it.

What I want is application.html.erb to yield to tasks.html.erb to  
yield to individual pages.

Thanks in advance,

Alan

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**Author:** ![apswartz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@apswartz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/apswartz)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stupid-question-on-application-layout/133130/2 "2008-03-28T05:00:22Z")

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> I know this is a stupid question, but I can’t seem to find the answer.
> 
> In my app/views/layouts, I had tasks.html.erb (and others) That worked great.
> 
> I added application.html.erb, but NOTHING is using it.
> 
> What I want is application.html.erb to yield to tasks.html.erb to  
> yield to individual pages.

The application.html.erb layout is simply the default one used if none  
of  
your controllers specify another one to use instead. They don’t nest  
like  
that (unless something changed in rails 2.x that I’ve completely  
missed).

However the following may help.

[http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/nested\_layouts](http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/nested_layouts)

-philip

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**Author:** ![apswartz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@apswartz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/apswartz)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/stupid-question-on-application-layout/133130/3 "2008-03-28T13:59:48Z")

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That plugin looks like EXACTLY what I want!!! Thanks!!!

–Alan