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

Question

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() ?

Answer 1

Try,

controller.layout.should eql("application")

Answer 2

David Chelimsky posted a good answer over on the Ruby Forum:

response.should render_template("layouts/some_layout")