From 69283303f3efe4e3c1f58afa8044f9572ee71f16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nishant Modak Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 02:43:49 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] view paths docs [ci skip] --- guides/source/action_view_overview.md | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/guides/source/action_view_overview.md b/guides/source/action_view_overview.md index 02ef32d66e..b31be6577b 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_view_overview.md +++ b/guides/source/action_view_overview.md @@ -356,7 +356,23 @@ Supposing we use the same `_box` partial from above, this would produce the same View Paths ---------- -TODO... +In case, you want to modify the default view path of a controller, you could either prepend or append to the view path, based on the need of looking it up before or after. + +### Prepend view path + +Example: Change view paths for different sub-domains. Prepend to the view path by doing + +```prepend_view_path "app/views/#{request.subdomain}"``` + +After this, views will be looked up in this order ```[~/rails_app/app/views/, ~/rails_app/app/views]``` + +### Append view path + +Similarly, to append to the view paths you would do it with + +```append_view_path "app/views/direct"```. + +This would add ```app/views/direct``` and the end of lookup paths for views. Overview of helpers provided by Action View -------------------------------------------