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HTML and Ruby templates used in .

Action View is the View part of for , and is a part of the Ruby-On-Rails Action Pack.

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How do I render a partial of a different format in Rails?

I'm trying to generate a JSON response that includes some HTML. Thus, I have /app/views/foo/bar.json.erb: { someKey: 'some value', someHTML: "<%= h render(:partial => '/foo/baz') -%>" } I want it to render /app/views/foo/_baz.html.erb, but it…
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Rails: Should partials be aware of instance variables?

Ryan Bates' nifty_scaffolding, for example, does this edit.html.erb <%= render :partial => 'form' %> new.html.erb <%= render :partial => 'form' %> _form.html.erb <%= form_for @some_object_defined_in_action %> That hidden state makes me feel…
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How to mixin and call link_to from controller in Rails?

This seems like a noob question, but the simple answer is eluding me. I need to call link_to in an ActionController method to spit out an HTML link. ActionView::Helpers::UrlHelper.link_to calls url_for, but this calls the AV module's version…
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How do I extract Rails view helpers into a gem?

I have a set of rails view helpers that I use regularly, and would like to package them up into a gem, such that I could just put a line in my Gemfile, and have the helpers accessible from my views. I have created gems before using Bundler, and…
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What should I pass for root when inflating a layout to use for a MenuItem's ActionView?

I have an ImageView that I attach to a MenuItem as its ActionView (the item appears in the ActionBar). The layout for this view comes from XML. I'm inflating it like so: ImageView actionView = (ImageView) layoutInflater.inflate( …
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Dynamic error pages in Rails 3

In Rails 2.3.x, you can override render_optional_error_file like so: # ApplicationController.rb protected def render_optional_error_file(status_code) render :template => "errors/500", :status => 500, :layout => 'application' end However,…
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Rails passing form_for object to partial

I would like to pass the form_for object to a partial: <%= form_for @price do |f| %> ... <%= render :partial => "price_page", :object => @price, :as => :f %> ... <% end %> When I call: f.radio_button Brings the error: undefined method…
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How can I use strip_tags in regular Ruby code (non-rails)?

I need to turn HTML into plain text. There's a nice function that does that in ActionView's SanitizeHelper, but I have trouble understanding how I can reference it and use it in a simple test.rb…
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Custom Action View can't be clicked

I am trying to add a custom ActionView to my ActionBar. I am trying to add the common refresh button. (ImageButton, ProgressBar inside a FrameLayout) but if I use an ActionView onOptionsItemSelected() is never called. Here's the code: In my…
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ActionView::Template::Error (960.css isn't precompiled)

I have an iframe which renders a partial and is not part of the main application layout or asset pipeline. I'd like to include some style sheets, however I am getting this error: ActionView::Template::Error (960sm.css isn't precompiled): Rails…
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How can I add a view path to Rails's partial rendering lookup?

I'd like to have the following directory structure: views/ app1/ users/_user.html.erb users/index.html.erb app2/ users/index.html.erb shared/ users/_user.html.erb users/index.html.erb In my view, I'd call #…
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Specifying format: "xml" ignored with render_to_string

I have an action that needs to render a view to string. The view is called index.xml.erb. I am trying to achieve this with render_to_string: my_string = render_to_string(layout: false, format: "xml") render_to_string is instead rendering the…
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How do I expire a view cached fragment from console?

Something like Rails.cache.delete('site_search_form') doesn't seem to work. Is this possible? Thanks.
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rails - how to render a JSON object in a view

right now I'm creating an array and using: render :json => @comments This would be fine for a simple JSON object, but right now my JSON object requires several helpers which is breaking everything and requiring helper includes in the controller…
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How to call 'time_ago_in_words' from a FunctionalTest?

I'm using 'time_ago_in_words' function in a view, and I need to test the output in the FunctionalTest. But the test can not see 'time_ago_in_words' helper function. What should I do in order to use these helper methods from FunctionalTests?
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