rendering multiple views

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi, How can i render multiple views in rails? For example i have two .rhtml files:

header.rhtml -> a chunk of html codes to be rendered on top of the page sidebar.rhtml -> also a chunk of html, to be rendered in the right side of the page

How can i call this .rhtml files from the controller and assign it to my layout? thanks!

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You do this with "content_for" calls.

In your layout file, have multiple yield commands... like this;

<body>   <div id="sidebar">     <%= yield :sidebar -%>   </div>   <div id="content">     <%= yield :content -%>   </div>   <div id="footer">     <%= yield :footer -%>   </div> </body>

Then in the partial:

<% content_for :sidebar do -%>   <%= render :partial => 'sidebar' -%> <% end -%> <% content_for :footer do -%>   <%= render :partial => 'footer' -%> <% end -%> <p>This text ends up in the #Content div in the layout as it is the default</p>

Hope that helps

Mikel

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oops I stuffed up on the example

<body> <div id="sidebar">    <%= yield :sidebar -%> </div> <div id="content">    <%= yield :content -%> </div> <div id="footer">    <%= yield :footer -%> </div> </body>

Should be:

<body> <div id="sidebar">    <%= yield :sidebar -%> </div> <div id="content">    <%= yield -%> </div> <div id="footer">    <%= yield :footer -%> </div> </body>

Sorry.

Mikel

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So I can call the render method in the Views? Can i also have multiple render method calls in the controller methods? Thanks..

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So I can call the render method in the Views?

Yes.

Can i also have multiple render method calls in the controller methods?

Never tried that, but that would not be good. Keep your view logic in the views, not in the controller.

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Try it and find out. It will be a hell of a lot quicker than waiting for an answer from a mailing list. (Hint, check out the DoubleRenderError exception ).

Fred