XF 2.0 Macros/xf:set for accessing forum_view template methods?

[DistortedDorian]

Hello there.

I am trying to access methods from forum_view template in the PAGE_CONTAINER template such as $forum.canWatch() or $forum.canCreateThread(). I understand that a macro with combination of xf:set can achieve this but yet I can't puzzle it together, is there any example I could see to understand how to access methods from forum_view?

Thanks.

 

[Mike]

Generally speaking, you can't access page-specific values in the container. Macros won't help here. There is the <xf:page> tag, though this is generally used for pushing up specific "known" elements.

What are you actually trying to do?

 

[DistortedDorian]

Hey again.

To be precise I want to access canCreateThread() and canWatch() in PAGE_CONTAINER @Mike.

 

[Mike]

You can potentially do something like this:

<xf:page option="forum" value="{$forum}" />

Though in most cases, there are likely better approaches (such as pushing up rendered HTML, rather than the variable).

 

[DistortedDorian]

Thanks for the suggestion @Mike.

Although, using it doesn't allow me to access forum_view variables in page_container:

<xf:page option="forum" value="{$forum}" />

Current node: {{$forum.Node.title}}

Doesn't parse the variable

Current node:

How else can I access it?

 

[DistortedDorian]

Bump!

I understand this post is facing similar issues https://xenforo.com/community/threads/use-of-variable-in-variable-name-in-macros.134543/ . Although I can't seem to reproduce it in PAGE_CONTAINER.