Template inheritance with dynamic content

[Tristania W]

Is it possible to make one sub-template inherit a div with dynamic content from an upper level template?

For eg., Template2 extends Template1. Within Template1, there is a div XXX that depends on a variable {{ var1 }}. This variable is passed to the view def view1, which renders Template 1. When Template2 is rendered, this div XXX is not rendered, because of the dynamic content.

Is there a DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) way to make this inheritance possible? 

Thanks.

[David Nugent]

You can achieve what you are looking for using the include directive.

Just have your parent and child include the same block and use with… phrase to override variables within the included template.

Regards,

David

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[Tristania W]

Hi,

To follow up, when I tried the following:

 {% include "child_template.html" with zip_list=zip_list%}

if the variable zip_list is a zip object, defined as following in the view,

   zip_list= zip (list1, list2, list3)

the "include" does not work. But if I pass any other normal variable (such as a simple list, or numeric or string), the "include" tag works fine.

How do I pass a zip object into this tag?

Thanks,

[Tristania W]

Thanks, David, for answering the following-up question.

I have figured out the problem. The "zip" object works with "include" as you have anticipated.

The issue that I found is that, in my view, I am zipping the lists in a different function (called "def give_me_zip"). This function returns the zip object. In my view (say "def some_view"), when I call this function, (say "zip_list = give_me_zip(list1, list2, list3)" ), if I pass this "zip_list" to "include", nothing is rendered.

But, if I do the zipping within "some_view" itself, then passing the zip object into "include" works.

I have no idea why, though.

Thanks very much.