How do i get template name..?

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1

hello,

suppose i have following template:

<template name="template1">
  {{> someTemplate}}
</template>

<template name="template2">
  {{> someTemplate}}
</template>

<template name="template3">
  {{> someTemplate}}
</template>

how do i get template name for following purpose:

Template.someTemplate.events({
	'click': function () {
		if (isTemplateName() === 'template1') {
			// do something
		}
		if (isTemplateName() === 'template2') {
			// do something
		}
		if (isTemplateName() === 'template3') {
			// do something
		}
	}
});

is there built in function for isTemplateName() ā€¦?? or any way to create isTemplateName() functionā€¦??

thank You so much,

2

This would not work, because someTemplate must be equal to either template1, template2 or template3. Maybe you assumed that a template file is a template. But this is not the case. A template is always created by one single <template> tag, so you actually have 3 templates here, plus an event helper for a fourth template called someTemplate.

EDIT: Ok, I think I got what you are trying to achieve. Instead of checking the template name, you can pass additional data to someTemplate like this:

<template name="template1">
  {{> someTemplate comingFrom='template1'}}
</template>

You can then access this property in your event handler:

Template.someTemplate.events({
	'click': function (event, instance) {
		if (instance.data.comingFrom === 'template1') {
                ...
                }
	}
});

Instead of comingFrom I would use something like parent in practice, but I wanted to make sure that you donā€™t think this is a built-in keyword.

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3

hello @waldgeist thanks for your responseā€¦ what i mean is template name,

4

woooah, i didnā€™t know that before, care to elaborate a littleā€¦??

5

The syntax is described here, although I have to admit itā€™s a bit hard to read:
https://github.com/meteor/meteor/blob/devel/packages/spacebars/README.md

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6

I would also recommend you to have a look at this package:

This allows you to get properties defined in the JS code of parent templates (which is probably not what you wanted here, but related).

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7

your code worksā€¦!! thank You so much Sirā€¦ i learn a lot new thingsā€¦

8

Youā€™re welcome. I know how it is to start with Meteor :slight_smile:

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9

The template has a view structure which has the name

Template.events({
 'click .button': function(e, instance) {
  console.log(instance.view.name);
 }
});
Template.helpers({
 helper: function() {
  var instance = Template.instance();
  return instance.view.name;
 }
});
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10

Did not know that, may come in handy in certain cases. But it would not help here, I suppose, since @karina wanted the name of the parent template. Is it possible to get this somehow, too?

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