you have an instance variable available in your views called
@controller

hence you can use something like

if @controller.controller_name == 'abcd'
 do something
else
 do somthing else
end

On Jun 24, 11:39 am, Sven Gehring <sven.gehr... / mac.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I want to build a generic navigation menu with partials in the style of
>
> if current_controller == 'abcd'
>  render pratial 'abscd'
>
> How can I determine the current controller from within the layout .rhtml
> file without taking care of what action is executed?
>
> If I use current_page?(:controller => 'abcd') it works as long as the
> current_page ishttp://localhost:3000/abcd
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