Hi all,
I want to render a partial depending on a selection in selection box. This looks trivial but I can't find an example.
All help is greatly appreciated.
Regards
A:
I'd start with something like this:
app/views/_layout_selector.html.erb:
<form action="<%= request.request_uri -%>">
<select name='layout'>
<input value="blue">Blue</input>
<input value="pink">Pink</input>
<input value="green">Green</input>
</select>
</form>
app/views/layouts/blue.html.erb:
<html>
...
<%= render :partial => '/layout_selector' %>
...
</html>
(/app/views/layouts/pink.html.erb and green.html.erb similar)
app/controllers/application.rb:
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
DEFAULT_LAYOUT = 'blue'
layout :pick_layout
...
private
def pick_layout
params[:layout] || DEFAULT
end
end
James A. Rosen
2009-02-02 14:15:18
A:
If you're simply trying to render a partial on the page that the form submits to,
<%= render :partial => params[:your_selectbox_value_matching_the_partial_you_want] %>
So if you had a select box like
<select name='the_partial'>
<input value="partial1">Some Partial</input>
<input value="partial2">Another Partial</input>
</select>
You'd need to render
<%= render :partial => params[:the_partial] %>
Assuming you have _partial1.html.erb and partial2.html.erb in your view folder
John Paul Ashenfelter
2009-02-02 16:19:20