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 use layouts for partials too:

<%= render :partial => 'some_partial', :layout => 'wrap_with_stuff' %>

If you want to work out what layout to use dynamically I'd put that in a helper. So you'd end up with

# In your view

<%= render :partial => 'some_partial', :layout => layout_for_my_partial %>

# In your helper

def layout_for_my_partial
    params[:action] == 'show' ? 'show_wrapper' : 'everything_else_wrapper'
end

This will only work in some circumstances, but might be what you're trying to do.

See more here.

http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2007/8/3/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-partials-get-layouts