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Posted by Ivan Dimitrov
Ivan Dimitrov
10,587 Points

check if user hovers over his status

Hello,

how can I check if I user hover over his status or another user's. I tried couple of different validations, but don't seem to work.

I am trying to remove the edit and delete link if a user is not signed in in the status index page. This works fine. And if a signed in user hovers over another user's status, also I want edit and delete not to appear. 

      <% if signed_in? %>
            <span class="admin">
              | <%= link_to "Edit", edit_status_path(status) %> | 
              <%= link_to "Delete", status, method: :delete, data: { confirm: "Delete?"} %>
            </span>
        <% end %>

I tried with additional condition : current_user == @user. But it doesn't work.

Thanks in advance. :)

1 Answer

David Zhang
David Zhang
12,363 Points
David Zhang
David Zhang
12,363 Points

Personally, I use CanCan : https://github.com/ryanb/cancan It allows you to manage the users ability. In this case, if it's your profile, you'll be easily able to edit | delete your status. It's really easy to install. You should take a look.

Ivan Dimitrov
Ivan Dimitrov
10,587 Points

Thanks a lot David. :) I will try it out, but I looked at the docs and it looks good.

Ivan Dimitrov
Ivan Dimitrov
10,587 Points

Also, I saw in the next section of videos some sample code.

<% if signed_in? && current_user == status.user %>

fixed the problem.