When action is create or update, we still should use new and edit
# File lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb, line 32 def self.discovery_cache @discovery_cache ||= {} end
Helper for dealing with association selects/radios, generating the collection automatically. It's just a wrapper to input, so all options supported in input are also supported by association. Some extra options can also be given:
simple_form_for @user do |f| f.association :company # Company.all end f.association :company, collection: Company.all(order: 'name') # Same as using :order option, but overriding collection
When a block is given, association simple behaves as a proxy to simple_fields_for:
f.association :company do |c| c.input :name c.input :type end
From the options above, only :collection can also be supplied.
# File lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb, line 170 def association(association, options={}, &block) options = options.dup return simple_fields_for(*[association, options.delete(:collection), options].compact, &block) if block_given? raise ArgumentError, "Association cannot be used in forms not associated with an object" unless @object reflection = find_association_reflection(association) raise "Association #{association.inspect} not found" unless reflection options[:as] ||= :select options[:collection] ||= options.fetch(:collection) { reflection.klass.where(reflection.options[:conditions]).order(reflection.options[:order]).to_a } attribute = case reflection.macro when :belongs_to (reflection.respond_to?(:options) && reflection.options[:foreign_key]) || :"#{reflection.name}_id" when :has_one raise ArgumentError, ":has_one associations are not supported by f.association" else if options[:as] == :select html_options = options[:input_html] ||= {} html_options[:multiple] = true unless html_options.key?(:multiple) end # Force the association to be preloaded for performance. if options[:preload] != false && object.respond_to?(association) target = object.send(association) target.to_a if target.respond_to?(:to_a) end :"#{reflection.name.to_s.singularize}_ids" end input(attribute, options.merge(reflection: reflection)) end
Creates a collection of check boxes for each item in the collection, associated with a clickable label. Use value_method and text_method to convert items in the collection for use as text/value in check boxes. You can give a symbol or a proc to both value_method and text_method, that will be evaluated for each item in the collection.
form_for @user do |f| f.collection_check_boxes :options, [[true, 'Yes'] ,[false, 'No']], :first, :last end <input name="user[options][]" type="hidden" value="" /> <input id="user_options_true" name="user[options][]" type="checkbox" value="true" /> <label class="collection_check_boxes" for="user_options_true">Yes</label> <input name="user[options][]" type="hidden" value="" /> <input id="user_options_false" name="user[options][]" type="checkbox" value="false" /> <label class="collection_check_boxes" for="user_options_false">No</label>
It is also possible to give a block that should generate the check box + label. To wrap the check box with the label, for instance:
form_for @user do |f| f.collection_check_boxes( :options, [[true, 'Yes'] ,[false, 'No']], :first, :last ) do |b| b.label { b.check_box + b.text } end end
Collection check box accepts some extra options:
* checked => the value or values that should be checked initially. Accepts a single item or an array of items. It overrides existing associations. * disabled => the value or values that should be disabled. Accepts a single item or an array of items. * collection_wrapper_tag => the tag to wrap the entire collection. * collection_wrapper_class => the CSS class to use for collection_wrapper_tag. This option is ignored if the :collection_wrapper_tag option is blank. * item_wrapper_tag => the tag to wrap each item in the collection. * item_wrapper_class => the CSS class to use for item_wrapper_tag * a block => to generate the label + check box or any other component.
# File lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb, line 434 def collection_check_boxes(method, collection, value_method, text_method, options = {}, html_options = {}, &block) SimpleForm::Tags::CollectionCheckBoxes.new(@object_name, method, @template, collection, value_method, text_method, objectify_options(options), @default_options.merge(html_options)).render(&block) end
Creates an error tag based on the given attribute, only when the attribute contains errors. All the given options are sent as :error_html.
f.error :name f.error :name, id: "cool_error"
# File lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb, line 239 def error(attribute_name, options={}) options = options.dup options[:error_html] = options.except(:error_tag, :error_prefix, :error_method) column = find_attribute_column(attribute_name) input_type = default_input_type(attribute_name, column, options) wrapper.find(:error). render(SimpleForm::Inputs::Base.new(self, attribute_name, column, input_type, options)) end
Creates an error notification message that only appears when the form object has some error. You can give a specific message with the :message option, otherwise it will look for a message using I18n. All other options given are passed straight as html options to the html tag.
f.error_notification f.error_notification message: 'Something went wrong' f.error_notification id: 'user_error_message', class: 'form_error'
# File lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb, line 329 def error_notification(options={}) SimpleForm::ErrorNotification.new(self, options).render end
Return the error but also considering its name. This is used when errors for a hidden field need to be shown.
f.full_error :token #=> <span class="error">Token is invalid</span>
# File lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb, line 256 def full_error(attribute_name, options={}) options = options.dup options[:error_prefix] ||= if object.class.respond_to?(:human_attribute_name) object.class.human_attribute_name(attribute_name.to_s) else attribute_name.to_s.humanize end error(attribute_name, options) end
Creates a hint tag for the given attribute. Accepts a symbol indicating an attribute for I18n lookup or a string. All the given options are sent as :hint_html.
f.hint :name # Do I18n lookup f.hint :name, id: "cool_hint" f.hint "Don't forget to accept this"
# File lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb, line 278 def hint(attribute_name, options={}) options = options.dup options[:hint_html] = options.except(:hint_tag, :hint) if attribute_name.is_a?(String) options[:hint] = attribute_name attribute_name, column, input_type = nil, nil, nil else column = find_attribute_column(attribute_name) input_type = default_input_type(attribute_name, column, options) end wrapper.find(:hint). render(SimpleForm::Inputs::Base.new(self, attribute_name, column, input_type, options)) end
Basic input helper, combines all components in the stack to generate input html based on options the user define and some guesses through database column information. By default a call to input will generate label + input + hint (when defined) + errors (when exists), and all can be configured inside a wrapper html.
# Imagine @user has error "can't be blank" on name simple_form_for @user do |f| f.input :name, hint: 'My hint' end
This is the output html (only the input portion, not the form):
<label class="string required" for="user_name"> <abbr title="required">*</abbr> Super User Name! </label> <input class="string required" id="user_name" maxlength="100" name="user[name]" type="text" value="Carlos" /> <span class="hint">My hint</span> <span class="error">can't be blank</span>
Each database type will render a default input, based on some mappings and heuristic to determine which is the best option.
You have some options for the input to enable/disable some functions:
as: allows you to define the input type you want, for instance you can use it to generate a text field for a date column. required: defines whether this attribute is required or not. True by default.
The fact SimpleForm is built in components allow the interface to be unified. So, for instance, if you need to disable :hint for a given input, you can pass hint: false. The same works for :error, :label and :wrapper.
Besides the html for any component can be changed. So, if you want to change the label html you just need to give a hash to :label_html. To configure the input html, supply :input_html instead and so on.
Some inputs, as datetime, time and select allow you to give extra options, like prompt and/or include blank. Such options are given in plainly:
f.input :created_at, include_blank: true
When playing with collections (:radio_buttons, :check_boxes and :select inputs), you have three extra options:
collection: use to determine the collection to generate the radio or select label_method: the method to apply on the array collection to get the label value_method: the method to apply on the array collection to get the value
Some inputs, as :time_zone and :country accepts a :priority option. If none is given SimpleForm.time_zone_priority and SimpleForm.country_priority are used respectively.
# File lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb, line 107 def input(attribute_name, options={}, &block) options = @defaults.deep_dup.deep_merge(options) if @defaults input = find_input(attribute_name, options, &block) chosen = if name = options[:wrapper] || find_wrapper_mapping(input.input_type) name.respond_to?(:render) ? name : SimpleForm.wrapper(name) else wrapper end chosen.render input end
Creates a input tag for the given attribute. All the given options are sent as :input_html.
simple_form_for @user do |f| f.input_field :name end
This is the output html (only the input portion, not the form):
<input class="string required" id="user_name" maxlength="100" name="user[name]" type="text" value="Carlos" />
# File lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb, line 136 def input_field(attribute_name, options={}) options = options.dup options[:input_html] = options.except(:as, :collection, :label_method, :value_method) options = @defaults.deep_dup.deep_merge(options) if @defaults SimpleForm::Wrappers::Root.new([:min_max, :maxlength, :placeholder, :pattern, :readonly, :input], wrapper: false).render find_input(attribute_name, options) end
Creates a default label tag for the given attribute. You can give a label through the :label option or using i18n. All the given options are sent as :label_html.
f.label :name # Do I18n lookup f.label :name, "Name" # Same behavior as Rails, do not add required tag f.label :name, label: "Name" # Same as above, but adds required tag f.label :name, required: false f.label :name, id: "cool_label"
# File lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb, line 307 def label(attribute_name, *args) return super if args.first.is_a?(String) || block_given? options = args.extract_options!.dup options[:label_html] = options.except(:label, :required, :as) column = find_attribute_column(attribute_name) input_type = default_input_type(attribute_name, column, options) SimpleForm::Inputs::Base.new(self, attribute_name, column, input_type, options).label end