Pass variables to handlebars helper call

Question

I'd like to pass template data to a "textfield" helper method I have defined, like this:

{{textfield label="{{label}}"
            id="account_{{attributes.id}}"
            name="account[{{attributes.name}}]"
            class="some-class"
            required="true"}}

(note the {{label}} and {{attributes.id}} references inside the {{textfield}} helper call)

Here is where I set up the template:

data = {
  "attributes": {
    "id": "name",
    "name": "name"
  },
  "label": "Name"
}
var templateHtml = 'markup here';
var template = Handlebars.compile(templateHtml);
var formHtml = template(data);

Here is a jsFiddle.

When I run this, I still see {{placeholders}} in the compiled markup.

How can I accomplish this?

Answer 1

You're using the incorrect syntax to pass named parameters to your handlebars helper. What you want is something like this:

var data = {
  "attributes": {
    "name": "name"
  }
}
var templateHtml = '{{textfield name=attributes.name}}';
var template = Handlebars.compile(templateHtml);
var formHtml = template(data);

And an updated fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/3yWn9/1/

Answer 2

Well, it seems that compiling the template twice works. Sucks from an efficiency standpoint, but it is what it is. If anyone has an alternative solution, please do post.

var data = { "something": "value", "id": "theId", "theClass": "class-here", "value": "the value" };
var markup = $('#test-template').html();
var template = Handlebars.compile(markup);
var compiled = template(data);
var template2 = Handlebars.compile(compiled);
var compiled2 = template2(data);
$('body').append(compiled2);

Here is a new jsFiddle demonstrating the double compiling.