Class ApplicationController
In: app/controllers/application.rb
Parent: ActionController::Base

Methods

check_auth   generate_menu   get_user   head_and_foot_text   require_user_for_non_public_areas   set_lang   set_pagination_labels   setup_flash   sort_for_fields  

Protected Instance methods

generate_menu()

The controller for each of the admin tasks can include a Menu constant. This constant will be an array, with each element being an array with two elements: The name to display for the option to show and the name of one of its actions. Thus, in order to provide links in the main menu to the ‘list’ and ‘status’ actions of a controller: 

  def SomeThingController < Admin
    Menu = [[_('General list'), :list], [_('Status overview'), :status]]

Yes, don‘t forget i18n.

setup_flash()

Ensure there is a flash, and that it contains empty arrays for the three message levels

sort_for_fields(sortable)

sortable: List of fields according to which the results can be sorted.

[Validate]