Thanks guys for your suggestions. I Think that i'll adopt :if_blank option name.
Thanks again. Anyone has other ideas ? On Sep 12, 4:33 am, Trek Glowacki <trek.glowa...@gmail.com> wrote: > :if_nil doesn't describe all cases. The collection could be not nil > (e.g. an empty array) and you'd still want the blank slate to show. > > I'd suggest something related to blankness since it's the "blank > slate" and both [ ].blank? and nil.blank? return true. > > render :partial => "post", :collection => @posts, :if_blank => "none" > > -Trek > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Jason King <smathy.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I like the concept, not the name. Can I suggest something like: > > > render :partial => "post", :collection => @posts, :if_nil => "no_post" > > > ?? > > > On Sep 11, 2009, at 2:20 PM, rouffj wrote: > > >> Hi, > > >> Until now with Rails when we would handle empty collections in apps, > >> we had to code it like that : > > >> <%# app/views/posts/index.erb %> > >> <% if @posts.empty? %> > >> <p>Sorry, there is no posts yet !</p> > >> <% else %> > >> <% render :partial => "post", :collection => @posts %> > > >> <% end % > > >> Now with my modest contribution we can handle it in one line in view : > > >> <%# app/views/posts/index.erb %> > >> <%= render :partial => "post", :collection => > >> @posts, :default_template => "no_post" %> > > >> <%# app/views/posts/_no_post.erb %> > > >> <p>Sorry, there is no posts yet !</p > > >> So we can implement Getting real notion called "The blank slate" more > >> easily. > > >> One of you can review my patch (to see if i forget something) or > >> comment it ? > > >> Thanks. > > >> --- > >> lighthouse ticket > >> :https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/3187 > >> patch > >> :https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/3187/a/266544/e... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
