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Description
Migrated issue, originally created by Anonymous
Need a way to pass python values to the parent template. Possible solutions:
-
<%inherit> parameters e.g.
<%inherit file="base.mako" args="current_tab='Settings'"/> -
<%def> variant for values e.g.
<%def name="current_tab" value="Settings" />
The current way to pass values to base template is by using a <%def>, e.g.:
base.mako
<html>
<% current_tab = self.current_tab() %>
...
<li ${current_tab == 'Home' and 'id="current"' or ''>Home
<li ${current_tab == 'Settings' and 'id="current"' or ''>Settings
...
</html>
<%def name="current_tab()"><% return "Home" %></%def>
hello.mako
<%inherit file="base.mako" />
<%def name="current_tab()"><% return "Settings" %></%def>
....
This syntax is pretty verbose, and calling self.current_tab() can accidentally result in rendered output.
Previous requests for this feature in the mailing list:
http://groups.google.com/group/mako-discuss/browse_thread/thread/5398cd2c3aa0a694
http://groups.google.com/group/mako-discuss/browse_thread/thread/cd01b2821a3a1a57