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Dov Rosenberg
Dov Rosenberg

Reputation: 805

Is it possible to pass parameters to a dynamic template in Meteor?

I've seen the various discussions on using a dynamically selected template in Meteor (ex. here, here, and here).

But what if I want to pass a parameter into the dynamic template, that is:

{{> UI.dynamic template=templateName data=dataObj param1=17}}

Is there any way to do this? Essentially, I have three templates, which all take the same parameter. I want to create a generic template that can dynamically call one of those three, passing along the parameter.

It feels like there should be a way to do it with a helper, but I can't quite figure it out.

-Dov

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1816

Answers (1)

Dov Rosenberg
Dov Rosenberg

Reputation: 805

Thanks to the comment from David Weldon, I managed to overcome my writer's block.

Here's the answer for others who manage to end up on this page.

HTML:

<head>   
    <title>dynamic test</title>
</head>

<body>
  {{> generic detailsTemplate="y"}}
</body>

<template name="generic">
    {{> Template.dynamic template=detailsTemplate data=updatedata}}
</template>

<template name="x">
    Here
    edit={{edit}}  - this shows nothing if the data context isn't modified
</template>

Javascript:

Template.generic.helpers({
  updatedata: function () {
    this.edit = true;
    return this;
  }
});

Upvotes: 2

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