Render a partial from within a partial?

Question

I have a complex form so I'd like to split it into manageable sections. Problem is that render is throwing an error.

structure:

>app
  >views
   >quote
     _form.html.erb
       >forms
         _contact_form.html.erb
         _products_form.html.erb
          . . .

Inside of _form.html.erb I have the following:

<%= render partial: '/forms/contact_form' %>

And I get: ActionView::MissingTemplate error.

What is the best way to modularize a large form/view to make it manageable? And if I can't render a partial from within a partial; how should it be done?

fixed typo

I meant this: <%= render partial: '/forms/contact_form' %> doesn't work (_ removed)

Answer 1

You should be able to render a partial from partial without any problems.

This is how to render a partial with the proper path:

• <%= render partial: 'quote/forms/contact_form' %>