Simple Nested Pathing For Basic Routes

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        If you are using simple resources and actions you can use the following snippet to make simple path links.
such as Home > Items > New
First add this to the application helper.

module ApplicationHelper

  def path_links
    link_to("Home", controller.parent_path) 
      + " > " + link_to(controller.controller_name, :controller => controller.controller_path, :action => :index) 
      + " > " + link_to(controller.action_name, :controller => controller.controller_path, :action => controller.action_name)
  end

end

Now in your layout simply call path_links. You will get something like the following
<a href="/system">Home</a> > <a href="/system/customers">customers</a> > <a href="/system/customers/new">new</a>

Now add the new method to the application_controller

def parent_path
  "/"
end

If you desire to use namespaces like /system/users/new then simply override the parent_path method in the base controller for that namespace.

class SystemController < ApplicationController
  def parent_path
    "/system"
  end
end

I'm working on a more robust method to capture all of the possible routes.    

Tags:
• dynamic
• link
• link_to
• nested
• path
• Rails
• route
• Ruby