Dynamic Template

help
1

I’ve been trying to figure out whats going on with this dynamic template for a good deal of time and can’t seem to make any progress. I asked a question on stack and no one has been able to give me a solution. I have the following template within which I would like to display one of four other templates.

<template name = "selectFrame">
    <div class = "container">
        <div class = "frameCarousel">
            {{> Template.dynamic template=active data=this}}
        </div>
    </div>
</template>

Active is a template helper that determines which template should be shown.

Template.selectFrame.helpers({
active: function() {
	return Session.get('board');
}
});

Can anyone offer any insight into why my templates aren’t reacting correctly?

2

What is your Session variable? Is it a string? Or is it a template object?

The way I have personally done this in the past is like below:

<template name = "selectFrame">
    <div class = "container">
        <div class = "frameCarousel">
            {{> getTemplate data=this}}
        </div>
    </div>
</template>

Template.selectFrame.helpers({
    getTemplate: function() {
	return Template[Session.get('board')]; // Where Session.get('board') returns a string that accesses the Template object
    }
});
3

Make sure your active helper returns the name of an existing template

4

The session variable is set from the id of a button on a previous wizard page. I tried your edit and it still only allows the default template to be rendered. As ‘board’ changes, which I checked and it does, no new template is rendered when advancing to the wizard step where the selectFrame template is called

5

I’ve checked and double checked the names, they are correct. Each template displays properly but only when they are set as the SessionDefault value

6

Do you have a repo I could take a look at?

7

I am using Template.dynamic and it works as advertised (example). Using nested dynamic templates I found out is a sure way to crash your app/browser, however.

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9

Your code works for me: http://meteorpad.com/pad/ndiE7ayeE7gT6n58t/ maybe the problem is somewhere else?

10

So i think the problem is that the button isn’t within the same template. I’m working on creating a wizard with jQuery Steps. So the button that sets the variable is within the template for step 1 and the dynamic template is in the template for step 2. I want the template in step 2 to be dynamic because the choice from step 1 determines which template gets loaded in step 2. Any ideas?