Question

I have a text_area form to create a quick Idea object. This form appears on many parts of the site so I move it as a shared/_idea_form.html.haml file.

I’m currently defining the new object in every controller action where the form is present with @ideas = Idea.new to make it work.

Is there a more convenient/global way define the @ideas = Idea.new outside each action? I.e. as a before_filter in the application controller. I’m not sure if that would be the right approach to this.

Answer 1

you can put it directly in view

  <%= form_for @idea ||= Idea.new do |f| %>
     #your text area
    <%end%>