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diff --git a/guides/source/action_view_overview.md b/guides/source/action_view_overview.md index 44c02165db..f0ff3d8864 100644 --- a/guides/source/action_view_overview.md +++ b/guides/source/action_view_overview.md @@ -356,39 +356,34 @@ Supposing we use the same `_box` partial from above, this would produce the same View Paths ---------- -When rendering the view for a request, the controller needs to resolve where to find each of the directories are located. +When rendering a response, the controller needs to resolve where the different +views are located. By default it only looks inside the `app/views` directory. -We are able to modify the order these locations are resolved by using `prepend_view_path` and `append_view_path`. - -This allows us to add new paths to the beginning or end of the list used to resolve these paths. +We can add other locations and give them a certain precedence when resolving +paths using the `prepend_view_path` and `append_view_path` methods. ### Prepend view path -This can be helpful for example, when we want to prepend a different directory for subdomains. +This can be helpful for example, when we want to put views inside a different +directory for subdomains. We can do this by using: -```prepend_view_path "app/views/#{request.subdomain}"``` - -Then our list becomes something like: - -``` -[ - ~/rails_app/app/views/<subdomain>, - ~/rails_app/app/views, - # ... -] +```ruby +prepend_view_path "app/views/#{request.subdomain}" ``` -This will put the subdomain path at the beginning of the list. +Then Action View will look first in this directory when resolving views. ### Append view path Similarly, we can append paths: -```append_view_path "app/views/direct"```. +```ruby +append_view_path "app/views/direct" +``` -This will add ```app/views/direct``` and the end of lookup paths for views. +This will add `app/views/direct` to the end of the lookup paths. Overview of helpers provided by Action View ------------------------------------------- |