I want to create multiple function but each functions render to its data to single file as like simple php, is possible with ruby and rails. I tried to found this but search results are not as per my point of view.
Partials will help you:
Create view than you want show in other views, name it _your_view.html.erb
Include it in other views:
<%= render :partial => 'path/to/your/partial/your_view' %>
Path can be skipped if your partial is in /app/views root folder, not in subfolders.
Don't forget remove first _ symbol from partial name while including (file is _your_view.html.erb and including is your_view).
Also you can pass parameters into partial:
<%= render :partial => 'path/to/your/partial/your_view', :locals => {:param1 => 'value1' } %>
and use them in partial:
<% value = local_assigns[:param1] %>
<%= text_field_tag :param1, :value => value %>
Yes, this is possible. You should look at using custom View helpers. For start, look at these links:
http://www.rails-dev.com/custom-view-helpers-in-rails-4
http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers.html
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I'm trying to build out an app and I started getting confused when to use a partial as opposed to simply refactoring code. In other words, when should I use 'render' and 'render partial: ........"
And if I put something in the "shared" folder under "views" does that make it a partial? Not sure when to use these different folders. Thanks a whole bunch!
Normally you use 'render' for just move some html codes, like "footer".
If you want the partial with its own layout or pass variables in it. We will use 'render :partial'
<%= render "footer" %> # Basic usage
<%= render "shared/footer" %> # _footer.html will be placed in "shared/_footer.html"
<%= render :partial => "sidebar", :layout => "sidebar_layout" %>
# It will using "_sidebar_layout" as a layout template for "_sidebar.html"
<%= render :partial => "form", :locals => { :post => #post } %>
# Passing #post variable as post in form partial
Reference: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/layouts_and_rendering.html#using-partials
I've seen a couple questions on this but haven't been able to solve it...
I'm trying to pass a parameter while rendering a partial (similar to domainname.com/memory_books/new?fbookupload=yes)
Right now, I use this line:
<%= render :partial => '/memory_books/new', :fbookupload => "yes" %>
and in the partial, I have tried to get the content of fbookupload by using:
<%= fbookupload %>
which gives an "undefined local variable" error and
<%= params.inspect %>
which does not show fbookupload as a parameter.
How can I have the partial pass along the parameter :fbookupload?
Thank you.
UPDATE:
Could it have anything to do with the fact that I'm rendering this within a render?
i.e. the page (/fbookphotos/show) that has
<%= render :partial => '/memory_books/new', :fbookupload => "yes" %>
is being rendered by another page with (posts/show) via:
<%= render :partial => '/fbookphotos/show' %>
so I'm rendering this within a render.
try this:
<%= render :partial => '/memory_books/new', :locals => {:fbookupload => "yes"} %>
Taking it out of the comments for posterity. This syntax is correct:
render '/memory_books/new', fbookupload: "yes"
But if there is a reference to rendering the same partial without specifying the local variables, e.g.
render '/memory_books/new'
then fbookupload variable becomes unavailable. The same applies to multiple local variables, e.g.
render 'my_partial', var1: 'qq', var2: 'qqq'
will work if only occurs once. But if there is something like that somewhere else in the code
render 'my_partial', var1: 'qq'
then the var2 will become unavailable. Go figure ...
To do it your way:
In the main view:
<% fbookupload = "yes" %>
<%= render :partial => '/memory_books/new', :locals => {:fbookupload => fbookupload} %>
And in the partial:
<%= fbookupload %>
2nd option:
Ideally in the controller, otherwise in the view, define an instance variable: #fbookupload = "yes". Then it is available everywhere. The partial will then be : <%= #fbookupload %>
Params is just request parameter, so if u want to pass it in params u have to add it to your url ?fbookupload=yes or assign it params[:fbookupload] = "yes", but i don't think that is a good idea.
But if u need to use params[:fbookupload]', u can replace it withparams[:fbookupload] || fbookupload', and pass fbookupload in locals hash for partial.
render can be called with or without the partial param, and there seems to be some confusion around the differences between these two forms.
The following two are equivalent:
<%= render "my_partial', my_param: true %>
and:
<%= render partial: "my_partial', locals: { my_param: true } %>
The first is a shorthand that allows you to omit partial:. With this shorthand, local variables are also not nested under locals:. This is explained well in the documentation (see 'Rendering the default case').
In the two cases above, you would access my_param in the partial directly with my_param.
One other source of confusion is that if you render the partial somewhere without passing my_param, then the partial will fail when it tries to access it. To get around this, you can access the local with local_assigns[:my_param] instead of my_param, which will give you nil if the param is not defined instead of erroring, as described in this documentation. Another alternative is to use defined?(my_param) before accessing it.
I've been trying to figure this one out for about an hour now. I have a partial collection that is indeed populated with member model objects, and when I try to render it using collection:
<%= render :partial => 'list', :collection => #members %>
In my _list.html.erb the #member_id and #member_email attributes are empty in the rendered html:
<%= check_box_tag('selected_member[]', #member_id, false) %>
<%= #member_email %>
The view renders correctly and I get 3 member items, but with the id and email blank.
What am I doing wrong? If I try to access the partial member using "member_id" or "member.id" I get "undefined local variable or method `member'", so clearly that's not the correct notation.
Now I've seen a bunch of different examples, but the collection method is the way I need to go. I need the partial to only deal with each member as the parent view has support for grouping members in different ways. If I implement a loop in the partial for each member, I'll have to move the grouping view code into it as well, which interacts with input fields in the parent view. e.g. it would be a mess to maintain.
Thanks in advance.
When you do:
<%= render :partial => 'list', :collection => #members %>
Rails is expecting the local variable within the partial file to be named the same as the partial file itself, in this case list.
So instead of member, by default it would be list like this:
<%= check_box_tag('selected_member[]', list.id, false) %>
<%= list.email %>
If you want the local variable to instead be named member, you should either rename the partial file or use this syntax:
<%= render :partial => 'list', :collection => #members, :as => :member %>
More info here (Sec. 3.4.5): http://guides.rubyonrails.org/layouts_and_rendering.html
I would like to render the contents of an action (e.g new_sub_batch) inside a div.
I tried
<div id="newBatch">
<%= render :template => 'new_sub_batch.html.erb' %>
</div>
but nothing is displayed.
I even tried <%= render :action => 'new_sub_batch' %>..still nothing.
Any suggestion??
Thanks a lot
What you want are partials. Distil the common markup that both views will use into a single file, and prefix its name with an underscore. Then call render :partial => 'filename', where filename is the name of the partial without the underscore.
In your case, the code you pull out of new_sub_batch.html.erb might go in a _batch.html.erb partial, in the same directory as your other sub_batch views. You would render this partial with:
render :partial => 'batch'
In Rails3, you can simply use render 'batch'.
If you want to pass a variable to the partial, you can do so via :locals. Assuming you have a #sub_batch variable you want to pass, your call would look something like this:
render :partial => 'batch', :locals => { :sub_batch => #sub_batch }
While this doesn't strictly answer your question, I believe within the ruby-on-rails tag it's more important to explain the Rails Way, rather than help you do it the wrong way.
Try file render:
<div id="newBatch">
<%= render :file => 'directory/new_sub_batch.html.erb' %>
</div>
Is it possible to set the location you want to submit a form to dynamically at runtime with a form_tag? What I have is a shared partial view that is used to filter data on several screens. The view contains several different form fields and a submit button, so the UI for these controls is the same for all the screens that use it, thus the shared partial view. The difference is that I want the submit to go back to a different location depending upon which page the partial view is contained in. Is there someway to pass the destination in via the render tag like the following?
<%= render 'shared/event_filter', :dest => event_path %>
and then consume it within the partial view as follows?
<%= form_tag(:dest, :method => "get") do %>
The above code doesn't work, it gives me a nomethod error on the :dest in the form_tag, but I was just putting in this question to help illustrate what I was trying to do.
Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.
I think you might be looking for something along these lines:
<%= render :partial => 'shared/event_filter', :locals => {:form_action => event_path} %>
Which just renders the partial named shared/_event_filter.html.erb and passes in a variable called form_action with value of event_path.
Then inside your partial:
<%= form_tag form_action, :method => "get" do %>
<!-- snip -->
<% end %>