User-Specific Content in Turbo Stream Partials | Rails Designer

Learn how to conditionally show user-specific content in Rails Turbo Stream partials using a custom turbo-show element for client-side rendering.How would you conditionally show or hide user-specific content in a partial sent over Turbo Stream? Think scenarios like showing edit actions only for messages authored by the current user or displaying admin controls based on user permissions. This is particularly tricky when dealing with Turbo Streams, where the same partial might be rendered for different users with different permissions. Let’s look at a common scenario: displaying edit and delete actions only for messages authored by the current user. This is a case I recently had to tackle with Rails Designers (soon available to use/host yourself too! 🤫).