Is it possible to perform Includes with flask?

Question

Say I have a template layout saved in template.html. This template includes a banner, side navigation, content container, and footer. Can I use flask to break up these page elements in such a way that I can have files such as banner.html, sidenavigation.html, etc. and render these different files within template.html?

Solution

By default, Flask uses Jinja2 as its template engine. See Jinja's Template Designer Documentation how it's done.

Comments

[jOSe]

But is it possible to highlight, which page is active in sidenavigation.html?

[John Crawford]

@jOSe You can make use of the scoped keyword in the block definition within "sidenavigation.html". See Jinja's "Block Nesting and Scope" section. Their example is {% block loop_item scoped %}{{ item }}{% endblock %} which allows item to pull its definition from the inheriting template.