Block to Partial Rails Helper
From http://errtheblog.com/post/13.
Create a helper which takes a block and renders that block within the context of a partial.
Create this helper:
Create this helper, too:
Create this partial (app/views/shared/_sidebar_module.rhtml):
Use it in your views:
Create a helper which takes a block and renders that block within the context of a partial.
Create this helper:
def block_to_partial(partial_name, options = {}, &block) options.merge!(:body => capture(&block)) concat(render(:partial => partial_name, :locals => options), block.binding) end
Create this helper, too:
def sidebar_module(title, options = {}, &block) block_to_partial('shared/sidebar_module', options.merge(:title => title), &block) end
Create this partial (app/views/shared/_sidebar_module.rhtml):
<div <%= %[id="#{id}"] unless id.blank? %> class="sidebar_module"> <h2><%= title %></h2> <%= body %> </div>
Use it in your views:
<% sidebar_module 'Recent Stories' do %> <%= render :partial => 'recent_stories', :collection => @recent_stories %> <% end %>
