Rails: How to override stylesheet_path

Question

I've been trying to override Rails' stylesheet_path helper, but I haven't found a way how. I can't just open the ActionView::Helpers::AssetTagHelper module and override it there, because Rails won't pick up my new method.

I know it's probably because the module gets mixed in, so how do I get around that?

Answer 1

Are you doing this so that stylesheet_link_tag will result in something different from normal? If so, just override that in a helper :)

Alternatively, if you really want to override stylesheet_path, you need to also redefine the alias, as, curiously, it's only accessed via its alias (in Rails 2.3.2). For example, I put this in environment.rb and it worked:

module ActionView
  module Helpers
    module AssetTagHelper
      def stylesheet_path(source)
        "x"
      end
      alias_method :path_to_stylesheet, :stylesheet_path
    end
  end
end

I personally wouldn't go this route but it should work for you if you need it :)