On 14 Nov 2005, at 06:06, Tom Tobin wrote:
A bit stumped here . . . Is there a recommended convention for
repeating blocks within a template? e.g., I have a paginated
object_list generic view, and I want to repeat my pager code (i.e.,
"back", "next") at both the top and bottom of the list without copying
and pasting.
Not really. You can write a custom template tag for your buttons but
that might be considered overkill - and would also mean that some of
your presentation logic would end up in Python code (in the template
tag definition).
Maybe it's time we bit the bullet and introduced a {% capture %} tag
(or similar) that chucks the rendered output of its contents in a
variable in the context. Then you could do this:
{% capture pagination_controls %}
... HTML goes here ...
{% end capture %}
{{ pagination_controls }}
... more stuff ...
{{ pagination_controls }}
I think we've avoided this in the past because it makes Django's
template language too much like a programming language, but I think
it provides an elegant solution to your problem and hence should be a
candidate for inclusion - unless we can come up with a more elegant
solution.
Cheers,
Simon Willison
