Question

I have a user controller which consists of a method named listfolders().

class UserController < ApplicationController

 def myaccount()

    userId = session[:id]

    @listfolders = UsersFolders.listfolders(userId)

    @users = User.listusers()


  end
end

In the views I have and I’m able to fetch the folders:

<% @listfolders.each do |userfolder| %>
<tr>
<td><a href="#" target="cstr"><b><%= userfolder.foldername %></b></a></td>
</tr>
<% end %>

PROBLEM: I want to display the folders in all pages like compose,drafs,trash etc … instead of just for the action.

How can I do it ?

Answer 1

The basic, standard way to do this would be in a helper.

module ApplicationHelper
  def listfolders(user_id)
    lf = UsersFolders.listfolders(user_id)
    render 'users_folders/listfolders', :listfolders => lf
  end
end

then in app/views/users_folders/_listfolders.html.erb

<% listfolders.each do |userfolder| %>
<tr>
  <td><a href="#" target="cstr"><b><%= userfolder.foldername %></b></a></td>
</tr>
<% end %>

calling it is as easy as:

<% listfolders(session[:id]) %>