Other layout for scaffolding

Question

My default layout is default.ctp, but I want to use another layout default-scaffolds.ctp only for scaffolding views, when I use in the controller:

public $scaffold;

I tried in the AppController

    public function beforeScaffold() {
        $this->layout = 'default-scaffolds';
}

but that didn't work.

I appreciate any help with this.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 02 '12 at 21:55

I was just facing the same problem and solved it by specifying router prefix 'admin', setting up

public $scaffold = 'admin';

in the controller and in the AppController I added to the beforeFilter() method

public function beforeFilter() {
  if ($this->request->prefix == 'admin') {
    $this->layout = 'scaffold';
  } 
}

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 23 '12 at 20:04

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Add this beforeRender()

public function beforeRender() {
    if (in_array($this->request->action, array('index', 'add', 'view', 'edit'))) {
        $this->layout = 'default-scaffolds';
    }
}

answered Nov 23 '12 at 20:04

Teej

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that works for me only when the actions (index, add, view, edit) exist and when the views exist. But what i want is use it with public $scaffold; – mart Nov 24 '12 at 09:49

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 20 '14 at 20:45

Alternatively, in lib/Cake/Controller/Scaffold.php, in line 377 (the _scaffold(CakeRequest $request)-function, within this if: if (in_array($request->params['action'], $this->scaffoldActions)), just add the following line:

$this->layout = 'default_scaffold'; // this is a custom-added line in order to activate the default CSS file when scaffolding

And add default_scaffold.ctp to your Layout folder.

Other layout for scaffolding

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