I would like the ability to load templates dynamically without explicitly specifying the template.
As an example:
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Here's how to dynamically render templates, as of Meteor 0.9.4 - 1.0. All other answers were obsolete at the time of this writing.
Let's say you're editing a bunch of records, or creating a new one, and want to render either the update template, or the new template, based on some Session variables.
There are two ways to do this:
1) This is the officially recommended method for Meteor 0.9.4 or newer - it uses Template.dynamic:
{{> Template.dynamic template=whichOne}}
...
...
Template.records.helpers({
whichOne: function () {
return Session.get('edit') ? 'recordUpdate' : 'recordNew'
// note that we return a string - per http://docs.meteor.com/#template_dynamic
}
});
2) This works in various Meteor versions, but isn't recommended officially because it's unclear that the template is chosen dynamically:
{{> whichOne}}
{{! Note how "whichOne" is indistinguishable from a constant template name... }}
{{ ...like "recordUpdate" or "recordNew" below. }}
...
...
Template.records.helpers({
whichOne: function () {
return Session.get('edit') ? Template.recordUpdate : Template.recordNew
// note that we return a Template object, not a string
}
});
To pass a data context to the template, use:
{{> Template.dynamic template=whichOne data=myData}}