Error rendering handlebars template

[alejo-monkee]

Hi. I was learning handlerbars then I tried your plugin.

First, I cloned this simple hbs example ( git@github.com:jkasun/sa-handle-bars.git ). It runs as expected in http://localhost:3000/ with $ node app.js.

But then, when I want to preview a .hbs file with your plugin, I always get

Error rendering handlebars template : {"message":"The partial header could not be found","name":"Error"}

Where is the problem? Thanks in advance!

[johnknoop]

It looks like you reder to a partial called "header" that can't be found. Do you have such a partial?

[johnknoop]

Note that this extension will only look for partials in the "./partials" subfolder.

[alejo-monkee]

@johnknoop Hey, thanks for answering!

Yes, it is there (Sorry, before I posted the wrong link: https://github.com/jkasun/sa-handle-bars)

[johnknoop]

Currenty, the extension only looks for a "partials" folder directly under the root folder, so in this case you need to open the "views" folder in VS code.

[alejo-monkee]

Thanks for the hint, @johnknoop. Sadly, that doesn't work either. When I try to preview view/home.hbs, I get the same error:

Error rendering handlebars template: {"message":"The partial header could not be found","name":"Error"}

But it should work, right? Does it work for you?

[johnknoop]

I believe I lied to you by mistake. The extension doesn't treat the partials folder any differently than other folders. Therefor, you need to prefix the name of the partial, like this:

[johnknoop]

I know that this differs from how for example express-handlebars works, where the "partials" folder is magic in the sense that any templates in that folder are registered as the filename only.

Does the workaround work for you? Otherwise, I could try and ship an update within a week or so that registers all templates under /partials directly.

[alejo-monkee]

It would work to preview but sadly would also break my code. Not really convenient for me because I have 35+ templates to edit, each on its own folder.

An update will be utmost appreciated.

[johnknoop]

I'll try to find some time for this. In the meantime, you should be able to work around it by changing the partialsDir folder in your express code from views/partials to just views. I haven't tried this myself, but it should work from what I understand when reading their docs.

[johnknoop]

@alejo-monkee Sorry for the long wait. It completely escaped me, but I've now added a reminder for myself to address this.

Did you manage to work around it or are you still waiting for this?

[johnknoop]

@alejo-monkee Fixed and published!

All templates located in a folder called either "Partials" or "partials" directly under the workspace root will now be registered under the filename directly.