Yield and default case || do not output default case

Question

I have a simple yield use case and for some unknown reason the default case is never shown:

In my super_admin layout I have:

<%= yield :body_id || \'s         


        

Answer 1

I know this is an old question but I have a solution for Rails 2.3.

I've extended shingara's yield_or helper method above so it can now accept a block:

module ApplicationHelper
  def yield_or(name, content = nil, &block)
    ivar = "@content_for_#{name}"

    if instance_variable_defined?(ivar)
      content = instance_variable_get(ivar)
    else
      content = block_given? ? capture(&block) : content
    end

    block_given? ? concat(content) : content
  end
end

and this can be used in your templates:

<% yield_or :something do %>
    
something else
<% end %>

or

<%= yield_or :something, 'something else' %>