@@ -33,6 +33,21 @@ See InheritViews for more details NOTE: this plugin is not aimed at having multiple view paths for your controllers, which is addressed with the view_paths addition to ActionController::Base for rails 2.0. Rather, within these view paths, you can inherit views from other controller paths. +== In templates + +You can render the 'parent' template from within a template if you so choose. This works for partials and top-level templates alike. + +<b>foo/view.html.erb</b> + <h1>Foo View</h1> + +<b>bar/view.html.erb</b> + <%= render :parent %> + <h2>With some 'bar' action</h2> + +rendering bar/view (with the controller setup described above): + <h1>Foo View</h1> + <h2>With some 'bar' action</h2> + == Development mode Because of recent changes in the way 2.3 finds templates, using inherit_views may result in a noticeable slow-down in development mode. README.rdoc 452e94c5b76c769dcf48920e773fd550e98ca585 Ian White ian.w.white@gmail.com http://github.com/ianwhite/inherit_views/commit/aab68cd85b86fc680e55cab8391899c721ce4d61 aab68cd85b86fc680e55cab8391899c721ce4d61 2009-02-09T03:32:17-08:00 2009-02-09T03:32:17-08:00 Words describing render :parent e5f556c708663fe262fe4d6dadd0a41a291202ad Ian White ian.w.white@gmail.com