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Access to root context in partials and helpers #392
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This is just one example of how badly "../" can get out of hands: http://jsfiddle.net/gsVLy/1/ I realize this is probably correct behavior - there's no "rootItem" inside the each, so "../rootItem" does not exist inside the if inside the each, but if one tried to add a nested loop, and an if in there... you get the point. |
Another reason to support root access might be Handlebars' claim that 'Mustache templates are compatible with Handlebars, so you can take a Mustache template, import it into Handlebars'. The Mustache enginges for both php and js seem to support access to root context (see http://jsfiddle.net/brikkelt/A3gqF/ for js version), so one might expect Handlebars to do so as well. However, the strongest reasons for support are the use cases you describe above + the pain of keeping track of parent depth. +1! |
Mustache.js has a nice way of dealing with this. It essentially looks for the named property in the current context, if it can't find it, it will traverse back up the context tree all the way to the e.g. Template:
Context:
Output:
I think this would be a great addition to Of course in the case where you are looking a property on the It might be useful to have a special keyword tag e.g e.g.
Although I feel like this would be a rarer case than the first solution, which comes in handy quite a lot. Where as I have yet to find a situation where I have nested properties with the same names. |
I opened a pull request which makes it simple to access the root context in custom helpers: |
Yeah we just had an issue on Assemble related to this, assemble/assemble#164. |
👍 for this as well. It's recently bit me not being able to access root. |
👍 I would like to request this too. I have an each statement which iterates over a 2D array and using "../" doesn't work. I have a nested if statement so have tried "../../" and that too doesn't work. If there isn't performance overhead to adding a root keyword then it's a quick win. |
Would love to see some kind of acknowledgement of this issue. It has been an ongoing problem for us with assemble. |
This is a non-trivial implementation that none of the core team has had a time to look at. It has not been closed as it is something that we would like to do. Pull requests are welcome. |
Note that there are many issues to consider with this such as arbitrary nesting vs. blanket root access vs. work-around such as using @ data var (as well as the similar issue of how/if data vars should support traversal. |
@kpdecker perhaps you could put an issue up with some bullets to discuss and socialize with the community? then we can try to systematically attack the problem and gain consensus on each point. |
@jonschlinkert working through all of the issues is one of the major tasks here. I'll try to prioritize this higher but as a volunteer on an OSS project with only so many hours in the day its tough. |
👍 I hear you there |
I can see two points here:
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@kpdecker, could subexpressions be used to achieve this? Looks like it |
@jonschlinkert strawman? I think the simplest solution here is to just add |
Strawman implies that I was putting forth some kind of argument, which I'm assuming is a result of me using the word "should" instead of "might". If that's the case, sorry for the confusion. I wasn't stating that "subexpressions ought to be used to achieve this", just asking "if they could be". Also, now that I've looked more closely at subexpressions I think my initial (incorrect) interpretation was the inverse of how they actually work. Regardless, the feature still looks awesome, a great addition to Handlebars. Anyway, sorry about the confusion. |
@jonschlinkert no worries. I think something like |
@kpdecker we have this pending PR on assemble-handlebars, and I'm wondering if this looks like it could solve the issue. I think it would allow doing... |
@kpdecker I know you're super busy, but would you mind just glancing at the PR to give us your insight as to whether or not this is a good approach? nothing detailed. |
@doowb @jonschlinkert Why not just do |
@kpdecker makes sense thanks. so just use |
ah, nice. I was actually asking if |
Access to root context in partials and helpers
Sweet! Glad to see this merged. |
Can somebody please show us how the API works? If it's @root then how do we use it to access data? I'm hoping it's {{root.SomeData}} ? |
Does this get passed down to partials somehow? |
@BrewDawg |
@kpdecker Thanks for merging this. I'm glad to see this in the main branch instead of us trying to do something that would cause conflicts.That's exactly why I was asking for your advice on the other PR. |
@kpdecker Good stuff. Do you have an estimate on when this might make an appearance in the next npm release for those of us using grunt? |
+1 this is awesome. push it! |
+1 |
Released in v2.0.0-alpha.1 |
👍 ! |
Lovely! |
yay! |
Very late on this but wouldn't it be more idiomatic/efficient to keep using the tree traversal notation to access top-level variables instead of introducing a new syntax? Like so:
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I'm not seeing any documentation on how the root is used/called upon within a helper. Could someone post an example and/or update the documentation? |
yeah! how to get root in partials and blocks? |
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Compatibility notes: - The project now includes separate artifacts for AMD, CommonJS, and global objects. - AMD: Users may load the bundled `handlebars.amd.js` or `handlebars.runtime.amd.js` files or load individual modules directly. AMD users should also note that the handlebars object is exposed via the `default` field on the imported object. This [gist](https://gist.github.com/wycats/7417be0dc361a69d5916) provides some discussion of possible compatibility shims. - CommonJS/Node: Node loading occurs as normal via `require` - Globals: The `handlebars.js` and `handlebars.runtime.js` files should behave in the same manner as the v1.0.12 / 1.0.0 release. - Build artifacts have been removed from the repository. [npm][npm], [components/handlebars.js][components], [cdnjs][cdnjs], or the [builds page][builds-page] should now be used as the source of built artifacts. - Context-stored helpers are now always passed the `options` hash. Previously no-argument helpers did not have this argument. [Commits](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js@v1.0.12...v1.1.0) ## v1.0.12 / 1.0.0 - May 31 2013 - [#515](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js#515) - Add node require extensions support ([@jjclark1982](https://github.com/jjclark1982)) - [#517](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js#517) - Fix amd precompiler output with directories ([@blessenm](https://github.com/blessenm)) - [#433](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js#433) - Add support for unicode ids - [#469](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js#469) - Add support for `?` in ids - [#534](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js#534) - Protect from object prototype modifications - [#519](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js#519) - Fix partials with . name ([@jamesgorrie](https://github.com/jamesgorrie)) - [#519](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js#519) - Allow ID or strings in partial names - [#437](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js#437) - Require matching brace counts in escaped expressions - Merge passed partials and helpers with global namespace values - Add support for complex ids in @DaTa references - Docs updates Compatibility notes: - The parser is now stricter on `{{{`, requiring that the end token be `}}}`. Templates that do not follow this convention should add the additional brace value. - Code that relies on global the namespace being muted when custom helpers or partials are passed will need to explicitly pass an `undefined` value for any helpers that should not be available. - The compiler version has changed. Precompiled templates with 1.0.12 or higher must use the 1.0.0 or higher runtime. [Commits](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js@v1.0.11...v1.0.12) ## v1.0.11 / 1.0.0-rc4 - May 13 2013 - [#458](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js#458) - Fix `./foo` syntax ([@jpfiset](https://github.com/jpfiset)) - [#460](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js#460) - Allow `:` in unescaped identifers ([@jpfiset](https://github.com/jpfiset)) - [#471](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js#471) - Create release notes (These!) - [#456](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js#456) - Allow escaping of `\\` - [#211](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js#211) - Fix exception in `escapeExpression` - [#375](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js#375) - Escape unicode newlines - [#461](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js#461) - Do not fail when compiling `""` - [#302](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js#302) - Fix sanity check in knownHelpersOnly mode - [#369](handlebars-lang/handlebars.js#369) - Allow registration of multiple helpers and partial by passing definition object - Add bower package declaration ([@DevinClark](https://github.com/DevinClark)) - Add NuSpec package declaration ([@MikeMayer](https://github.com/MikeMayer)) - Handle empty context in `with` ([@thejohnfreeman](https://github.com/thejohnfreeman)) - Support custom template extensions in CLI ([@matteoagosti](https://github.com/matteoagosti)) - Fix Rhino support ([@broady](https://github.com/broady)) - Include contexts in string mode ([@leshill](https://github.com/leshill)) - Return precompiled scripts when compiling to AMD ([@JamesMaroney](https://github.com/JamesMaroney)) - Docs updates ([@iangreenleaf](https://github.com/iangreenleaf), [@gilesbowkett](https://github.com/gilesbowkett), [@utkarsh2012](https://github.com/utkarsh2012)) - Fix `toString` handling under IE and browserify ([@tommydudebreaux](https://github.com/tommydudebreaux)) - Add program metadata
There is already a related bug about getting parent context inside a partial called from within a block helper: issue #182. However, tracking parent context is probably not enough - add in another block helper (e.g. an if inside an each) and things quickly get out of hand.
The same story with helpers - it's easy enough to get current context via this, it's easy enough to pass in parent context via ".." - but once again, very quickly it becomes "../../../.." There is a hack proposed in issue #245 but I had mixed fortune with it.
The above two problems seriously affect code re-use - one must always keep track of context and nesting. There are pull requests for parentContext by introducing helpers and passing explicit parent context. While I find that useful, I also need the global context - just a couple of sample use cases: localization (must know which language to use), changing some item layout/details based on user status (essentially access check, although some might argue this is "logic" and should thus not be done inside a template).
It would be great to have access to global/root context at all times - inside an {{#each}}, inside an {{#if}}, inside any helper that I create myself and naturally inside any partials that may be nested inside block helpers.