# Views/Controllers

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/views-controllers/90932>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 3, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/views-controllers/90932 "2007-04-03T02:53:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@mick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mick)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/views-controllers/90932/1 "2007-04-03T02:53:00Z")

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Hello Folks,

A quick question: is there a way that you can return the current  
view/controller from within an RHTML file?

Cheers,

Mick

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**Author:** ![mick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@mick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mick)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 6:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/views-controllers/90932/2 "2007-04-03T06:43:19Z")

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Hi, you can do the following:

view:

first\_render

controller:

controller\_name

Good luck,

-Conrad