Conditionally render partials in application layout

Question

In a Rails 3 application layout i include a partial for flash messages. While this is ok in most cases, there is a view where I would need flash messages appear in another place; is there a way in layouts/application.html.erb to say something like

<%= render 'layout/messages' unless somecondition %>

where somecondition is something able to detect that I am in 'myview/index'?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '13 at 22:15

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Sure is, ~~use params[:controller] and params[:action]~~ actually you should use controller_name and action_name per the Rails documentation

<%= render 'layout/messages' 
  if controller_name == 'myview' && action_name == 'index' %>

answered Apr 08 '13 at 22:15

Gavin Miller

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Yes, it is exactly what I was looking for. This perfectly solves the issue. Thanks a lot! – kranz Apr 09 '13 at 08:20
This is a bit cleaner: https://robots.thoughtbot.com/no-content-for-you – DylanReile May 17 '18 at 21:00

Conditionally render partials in application layout

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