Rails conditional ('if') statements based on controller action

Question

There might be a better way to do this, but I\'m trying to make an if statement in rails, based on the current action, in a controller (this will be used in a view).

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Answer 1

You can do it this way:

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  layout :set_layout

  def set_layout
    case params[:action]
    when "foo"
      "foo_layout"
    when "bar"
      "bar_layout"
    ...
    else
      "default_layout"
    end
  end

  ...

end

hope it helps =)