Changing view component directory?

[gjtorikian]

This is a great project, thank you for open sourcing it.

I was wondering if it was possible to define the HTML for the component in the views folder, rather than app/views? I didn't see a way to configure this in the documentation. I like having all my "view stuff" in one place, and having it tucked alongside my Ruby code in app seems off to me.

Thanks for any help!

[boardfish]

Hi @gjtorikan! I like this as a suggestion. It's not currently possible to have the templates and corresponding Ruby classes in separate locations in ViewComponent, as far as I'm aware — the closest thing would be to set the view_component_path config option to store your components as a whole somewhere other than app/components. Rails itself may have an equivalent for views, but this won't affect ViewComponent.

Since components are the sum of their template, Ruby class, and associated assets, they're all colocated in app/components by default for now. But using the config option I mentioned back there, you can change this directory.

[gjtorikian]

Would you be open to a PR which enables a config option to specify the HTML lookup path?

[boardfish]

I think it makes a lot of sense - I'd say go for it!

[joelhawksley]

Coming back to this discussion, I'm generally hesitant to have ViewComponent Ruby and template files in different locations. I think it makes the most sense to consumers to have them in the same location due to how the ViewComponent Ruby class wraps the compiled template: https://viewcomponent.org/how-it-works.html

[gjtorikian]

Agreed. In the years since this was opened, I’ve come to prefer putting everything that a component needs (rb, erb, ts) in scoped folders.