In Express/EJS, how do I change the default layout?

Question

I don't want it to be layout.ejs.

I want to set my layout to be another template for THIS specific controller.

Answer 1

Try using:

app.set("view options", { layout: "mylayout.jade" });

Answer 2

Use the layout option to res.render()

res.render('page', { layout: 'mylayout.jade' })

Answer 3

Providing you're using the Ejs-express-layouts module you can specify a layout for a particular view, overriding the default:

app.get('/', function(req, res){
  res.render('aView', { layout: 'someSpecificLayout' })
})

Answer 4

Set custom default layout

Just set layout property in express app settings.

app.set('layout', 'layouts/layout');

Just pass layout as render locals object.

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  res.render('the-view', { layout: 'specific-layout' });
);