Question

I’m using the default I18n module for Rails to translate my strings in views.

<%= t("registration.heading") %>

Now, when I’m in the registration-view, all my strings start with registration. I always have to write

<%= t("registration.heading.notice") %>
// or
<%= t(:heading, :scope => :registration) %>

It would be nice to define a default scope for that file (maybe even in the controller), so a call to t automatically adds the defined scope

// controller
set_i18n_default_scope :registration

// view
<%= t(:heading) %>

// --> looks in "registration.heading"

Is this possible?

Answer 1

If you organize your translations adding a view name, as in:

en:
  registration:
    index:
      heading: "Registration heading"

then you may use this:

<%= t(".heading") %>

Notice that the first character is a dot.

You may read about it in Rails Internationalization (I18n) API Guide

If you have texts which are shared amongst numerous views, and you don’t want to copy the same translation in each section for each view, you may use YAML references. They are nicely described on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML#Repeated_nodes