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Nested layouts in Rails
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application.html.erb
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<%= render 'layouts/head' %>
</head>
<body>
<%= render 'layouts/navigation' %>
<div class="container">
<%= yield %>
</div>
<%= render 'layouts/footer' %>
</body>
</html>
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application_helper.rb
module ApplicationHelper
#....
def extends(layout, &block)
# Make sure it's a string
layout = layout.to_s
# If there's no directory component, presume a plain layout name
layout = "layouts/#{layout}" unless layout.include?('/')
# Capture the content to be placed inside the extended layout
@view_flow.get(:layout).replace capture(&block)
render file: layout
end
#....
end
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extended.html.erb
<%= extends :application do %>
<%# additional HTML... %>
<%= yield %>
<%# additional HTML... %>
<% end %>
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