On Feb 28, 12:38 am, Dudebot <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 27, 5:10 pm, ben wiseley <[email protected]> wrote:> Just put it in a > helper and include that helper in ApplicationController > > like this > > > include MyHelperWithGlobalStuffInIt > > You're right, putting > > include ApplicationHelper > > into application_controller.rb does the trick. > > But wasn't that what > > helper :all # include all helpers, all the time > > was supposed to do? > > Or do I misunderstand?
You do :-). The helper method controls which of your helpers (in app/ helpers) are available to the views for that controller. Without the helper :all call, by default views rendered by foo_controller will get helper methods from foo_helper. You can name specific modules, so for example if you a bunch of common helpers in app/helpers/ common_helpers.rb then you say helper :common_helpers or helper CommonHelpers to add that module for the controller in question. helper :all means add all of the helpers from app/helpers to all of your views. Another way of solving the original problem is declaring the method in application_controller and then saying helper_method :some_helper which takes the named controller method and makes it into a view helper. Fred -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
