Question

My ability model contains 8 roles. I’d like to use aliases to help simplify the content. Can an alias contain more than one action, e.g.

alias_action :action1, action2, :to => :basic_access

Also, is this the correct placement of the alias?

class Ability
include CanCan::Ability
alias_action :action1, action2, :to => :basic_access

def initialize(user)
    ...

Thanks

Answer 1

From the wiki:
https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/wiki/Action-Aliases

1. Yes, alias_action can be called with more than one action.
2. It looks like you need to move your alias_action call into initialize.