current_user is what you're looking for. The difference between current_user (used in the view) and acting_user (used in the models) is a common source of confusion.
Why are they different? You'd have to ask Tom, but I can imagine scenarios where they might actually be different values. cheers, Bryan hobo_hippy wrote: > Ok, new situation. Now I'm working inside the main-nav definition. The > line of interest is: > > <nav-item if="&acting_user.user" with="&Blog">Company Blog</nav-item> > > I figure I can't use "this" because it would refer to the nav-item, > not the user? I'm don't completely understand the polymorphic rules as > far as how "this" would inherit some thing. Anyways, I tried all of > these: > > acting_user == user > acting_user.user > acting_user.user? > &acting_user == user > &acting_user.user > &acting_user.user? > @acting_user == user > @acting_user.user > @acting_user.user? > > no to avail. I get either compile errors, nil errors, or no method > errors. is what I'm trying to do even allowed? I could've sworn I've > gotten this to work in the past - that is, I want a menu Item only to > be visible to logged in users. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
