scotch-view_fu

ViewFu

ViewFu is a Rails plugin that provides all the miscellaneous View tasks. It's a combination of the functionality of Styler, Javascripter, and Headline (from Patrick Crowley, the.railsi.st) - along with additional tweaks such as providing commonly used View Helpers Methods.

Maintainer Info

Tyler Crocker NeoRails.com

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ViewFu HTML Helpers

ViewFu provides helpers for commonly used html elements

br #=>
hr #=>

---

anchor("posts") #=> clear #=>

clear(:left) #=>

clear_tag(:br) #=>
lorem #=> Lorem ipsum dolor...

ViewFu Helper Queries

production? #=> returns true if Rails.env == "production" is_new? #=> returns true is we're on a "new" or "create" action is_edit? #=> returns true is we're on an "edit" or "update" action use_cache? #=> returns true if perform_caching is turned on

ViewFu Misc Helpers

paging(@array) #=> display a will_paginate paging links (only if the array is a valid paging collection) paging(@array, :sabros) #=> wrap the paging links with a class "sabros"

Haml Specific Helpers

Haml allows you to pash a hash of attributes. ViewFu assists this by providing a simple "hidden" helper that allows you to conditionally hide page elements.

%div{hidden} #=>

%div.posts{hidden_if(@posts.empty?)} #=> hide the .posts div if the array is empty %p.empty{hidden_unless(@posts.empty?)} #=> hide the empty posts message if the array has elements

Stylesheets

ViewFu allows you to add a dynamic stylesheets collection to the top of your page. If you have any partials that depend on a stylesheet, they just need to call add_stylesheet(path) and the styles will be available on the page.

You'll just need to add a call stylesheets somewhere your page header.

stylesheets writes the stylesheet collection to html

stylesheet alias around stylesheet_link_tag

stylesheet_folder(path) lets you include a recursive folder of stylesheets

page_stylesheets output stylesheets specific to a page

add_stylesheet(path) adds a stylesheet to the collection to be included on the page

ignore_stylesheet(path) removes a stylesheet from the collection to be included on the page

See lib/stylesheet/README for more details

Javascripts

ViewFu allows you to add a dynamic javascript collection to the top(or bottom) of your page. Now, if you have a partial that depends on a javascript library, you can just include it via add_javascript(path) and it will appear on the top of your page.

You'll just need add a call to javascripts to your layout and the javascripts you included an all your partials will appear.

javascripts writes the javascript collection to html

javascript alias around javascript_include_tag

javascript_folder(path) lets you include a recursive folder of javascripts

page_javascripts output javascripts specific to a page

add_javascript(path) adds a javascript to the collection to be included on the page

ignore_javascript(path) removes a javascript from the collection to be included on the page

See lib/javascripter/README for more details

Page Titles

ViewFu allows you to easily set the current page title from anywhere on your views

title Displays the current page title

title(new_title) Sets the page title

See lib/headliner/README for more details

Meta Tags

ViewFu allows you to set meta tags on your page header from anywhere. Just add a call to meta_tags somewhere in your page header.

meta_tags output all the html meta tags currently on the page

meta_keywords output the meta keywords tag

meta_keywords(val) set the page meta keywords

meta_description output the meta description tag

meta_description(val) set the page meta description

More Plugins

If you like ViewFu, you'll love FormFu. It provides a beautiful way to generate tableless Rails html forms. Works just like form_for, except it'll generate the entire XHTML (label, wrapper, validation message, etc). https://github.com/neorails/form_fu

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