Module: BackMark::ControllerMethods

Defined in:
lib/back_mark.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: InstanceMethods

Constant Summary collapse

IGNORE_ACTIONS =

Pages/Actions which we don’t want to remember. We wouldnt ideally want to link back to new, edit, etc.,. We would only want to provide a link to the page that led to those pages

%w(new edit create update destroy)

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.included(controller) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/back_mark.rb', line 27

def self.included(controller)
  controller.send :include, InstanceMethods
  controller.before_filter :back_mark_pages
end

Instance Method Details

#back_mark_pages(options = {}) ⇒ Object

Add this as a before filter for marking the current request url



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# File 'lib/back_mark.rb', line 87

def back_mark_pages(options = {})
  options_to_use = {:force_mark => false}.merge(options)

  # Ignore AJAX requests since they cannot be linked back.
  # Also ignore actions in IGNORE_ACTIONS
  return if request.xhr? || (!options_to_use[:force_mark] && IGNORE_ACTIONS.include?(params[:action]))

  session[:filter_back_url] = session[:filter_prev_url]
  session[:filter_prev_url] = options_to_use[:url] || request.url
  @marked_in_filter = true
end