2 controllers,1 shared view - how to use form_for

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I have 1 model which is used by 2 controllers - 1 by normal user and 1 by admin user. New/create, edit/update actions are the same in both controllers. I have a shared view which is used by all of the actions but the problem is with form_for in that shared view: For normal user I would have to use:

form_for @my_model, do |f|

For admin I would have to use:

form_for [:admin, @my_model] do |f|

How can I reuse the view with 2 controllers? Maybe there is a better way of designing this?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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I'm not sure if your design pattern is the best. I suppose you are using partial to share the view, you can actually pass a locals parameter in your partial render:

# user
<%= render :partial => "form", :locals => { :zone => @my_model } %>

# admin
<%= render :partial => "form", :locals => { :zone => [:admin, @my_model] } %>

# your form_for tag in the shared view
form_for(zone) do |f|

I'm not sure if this works, but hope it gives you a heads-up.

You should try using admin namespace method for this.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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answered Aug 14 '12 at 08:49

Victor

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I actually am using admin namespace, just had a problem with passing locals to the view. Awesome stuff, thank you! – Bartłomiej Skwira Aug 15 '12 at 14:07

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 14 '12 at 08:47

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I think you should recall partial.

answered Aug 14 '12 at 08:47

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 14 '12 at 12:12

As far as I understand, your controllers are basically the same (New/create, edit/update). I would suggest adding a before_filter which tests if the user is an admin and only then gives access to the destroy action. (I'm guessing this is the method which differs).

#Controller
before_filter :admin => :only => [:destroy]

2 controllers,1 shared view - how to use form_for

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