helper method to partial
concat can be useful for rendering a block to a partial from a helper:
def block_to_partial(partial_name, options = {}, &block) options.merge!(:body => capture(&block)) concat(render(:partial => partial_name, :locals => options), block.binding) end
This would be particularly useful if you had some partial to help you out with rounded corners, for example. So, in your helper:
def rounded_corners &block block_to_partial("shared/rounded_corners", {}, &block) end
In your view you could have something like:
<% rounded_corners do -%> This text is surrounded by rounded corners <% end -%>
You would have to create some partial in
app/views/shared/rounded_corners.html.erb
And it would look something like:
<div class='c1'> <div class=c2> . . . <%= body -%> </div> </div>