Module: ActionView::Helpers::TagHelper

Includes:: CaptureHelper, OutputSafetyHelper

Included in:: ActionView::Helpers, AssetTagHelper, DateTimeSelector, DebugHelper, ActionView::Helpers::Tags::Base, TextHelper, TranslationHelper, UrlHelper

Defined in:: lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb

Overview

Action View Tag Helpers

Provides methods to generate HTML tags programmatically both as a modern HTML5 compliant builder style and legacy XHTML compliant tags.

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: TagBuilder

Constant Summary collapse

BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTES =

%w(allowfullscreen allowpaymentrequest async autofocus
autoplay checked compact controls declare default
defaultchecked defaultmuted defaultselected defer
disabled enabled formnovalidate hidden indeterminate
inert ismap itemscope loop multiple muted nohref
nomodule noresize noshade novalidate nowrap open
pauseonexit playsinline readonly required reversed
scoped seamless selected sortable truespeed
typemustmatch visible).to_set

ARIA_PREFIXES =

["aria", :aria].to_set.freeze

DATA_PREFIXES =

["data", :data].to_set.freeze

TAG_TYPES =

{}

PRE_CONTENT_STRINGS =

Hash.new { "" }

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

#cdata_section(content) ⇒ Object

Returns a CDATA section with the given content.
#content_tag(name, content_or_options_with_block = nil, options = nil, escape = true, &block) ⇒ Object

Returns an HTML block tag of type name surrounding the content.
#escape_once(html) ⇒ Object

Returns an escaped version of html without affecting existing escaped entities.
#tag(name = nil, options = nil, open = false, escape = true) ⇒ Object

Returns an HTML tag.
#token_list(*args) ⇒ Object (also: #class_names)

Returns a string of tokens built from args.

Methods included from OutputSafetyHelper

#raw, #safe_join, #to_sentence

Methods included from CaptureHelper

#capture, #content_for, #content_for?, #provide, #with_output_buffer

Class Method Details

.build_tag_values(*args) ⇒ `Object`

# File 'lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb', line 580

def build_tag_values(*args)
  tag_values = []

  args.each do |tag_value|
    case tag_value
    when Hash
      tag_value.each do |key, val|
        tag_values << key.to_s if val && key.present?
      end
    when Array
      tag_values.concat build_tag_values(*tag_value)
    else
      tag_values << tag_value.to_s if tag_value.present?
    end
  end

  tag_values
end

.ensure_valid_html5_tag_name(name) ⇒ `Object`

Raises:

(ArgumentError)



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# File 'lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb', line 575

def ensure_valid_html5_tag_name(name)
  raise ArgumentError, "Invalid HTML5 tag name: #{name.inspect}" unless /\A[a-zA-Z][^\s\/>]*\z/.match?(name)
end

Instance Method Details

#cdata_section(content) ⇒ `Object`

Returns a CDATA section with the given content. CDATA sections are used to escape blocks of text containing characters which would otherwise be recognized as markup. CDATA sections begin with the string <![CDATA[ and end with (and may not contain) the string ]]>.

cdata_section("<hello world>")
# => <![CDATA[<hello world>]]>

cdata_section(File.read("hello_world.txt"))
# => <![CDATA[<hello from a text file]]>

cdata_section("hello]]>world")
# => <![CDATA[hello]]]]><![CDATA[>world]]>

# File 'lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb', line 558

def cdata_section(content)
  splitted = content.to_s.gsub(/\]\]>/, "]]]]><![CDATA[>")
  "<![CDATA[#{splitted}]]>".html_safe
end

#content_tag(name, content_or_options_with_block = nil, options = nil, escape = true, &block) ⇒ `Object`

Returns an HTML block tag of type name surrounding the content. Add HTML attributes by passing an attributes hash to options. Instead of passing the content as an argument, you can also use a block in which case, you pass your options as the second parameter. Set escape to false to disable escaping. Note: this is legacy syntax, see tag method description for details.

Options

The options hash can be used with attributes with no value like (disabled and readonly), which you can give a value of true in the options hash. You can use symbols or strings for the attribute names.

Examples

content_tag(:p, "Hello world!")
 # => <p>Hello world!</p>
content_tag(:div, content_tag(:p, "Hello world!"), class: "strong")
 # => <div class="strong"><p>Hello world!</p></div>
content_tag(:div, "Hello world!", class: ["strong", "highlight"])
 # => <div class="strong highlight">Hello world!</div>
content_tag(:div, "Hello world!", class: ["strong", { highlight: current_user.admin? }])
 # => <div class="strong highlight">Hello world!</div>
content_tag("select", options, multiple: true)
 # => <select multiple="multiple">...options...</select>

<%= content_tag :div, class: "strong" do -%>
  Hello world!
<% end -%>
 # => <div class="strong">Hello world!</div>

# File 'lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb', line 516

def content_tag(name, content_or_options_with_block = nil, options = nil, escape = true, &block)
  ensure_valid_html5_tag_name(name)

  if block_given?
    options = content_or_options_with_block if content_or_options_with_block.is_a?(Hash)
    tag_builder.content_tag_string(name, capture(&block), options, escape)
  else
    tag_builder.content_tag_string(name, content_or_options_with_block, options, escape)
  end
end

#escape_once(html) ⇒ `Object`

Returns an escaped version of html without affecting existing escaped entities.

escape_once("1 < 2 &amp; 3")
# => "1 &lt; 2 &amp; 3"

escape_once("&lt;&lt; Accept & Checkout")
# => "&lt;&lt; Accept &amp; Checkout"



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# File 'lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb', line 570

def escape_once(html)
  ERB::Util.html_escape_once(html)
end

#tag(name = nil, options = nil, open = false, escape = true) ⇒ `Object`

Returns an HTML tag.

Building HTML tags

Builds HTML5 compliant tags with a tag proxy. Every tag can be built with:

tag.<tag name>(optional content, options)

where tag name can be e.g. br, div, section, article, or any tag really.

Passing content

Tags can pass content to embed within it:

tag.h1 'All titles fit to print' # => <h1>All titles fit to print</h1>

tag.div tag.p('Hello world!')  # => <div><p>Hello world!</p></div>

Content can also be captured with a block, which is useful in templates:

<%= tag.p do %>
  The next great American novel starts here.
<% end %>
# => <p>The next great American novel starts here.</p>

Options

Use symbol keyed options to add attributes to the generated tag.

tag.section class: %w( kitties puppies )
# => <section class="kitties puppies"></section>

tag.section id: dom_id(@post)
# => <section id="<generated dom id>"></section>

Pass true for any attributes that can render with no values, like disabled and readonly.

tag.input type: 'text', disabled: true
# => <input type="text" disabled="disabled">

HTML5 data-* and aria-* attributes can be set with a single data or aria key pointing to a hash of sub-attributes.

To play nicely with JavaScript conventions, sub-attributes are dasherized.

tag.article data: { user_id: 123 }
# => <article data-user-id="123"></article>

Thus data-user-id can be accessed as dataset.userId.

Data attribute values are encoded to JSON, with the exception of strings, symbols, and BigDecimals. This may come in handy when using jQuery’s HTML5-aware .data() from 1.4.3.

tag.div data: { city_state: %w( Chicago IL ) }
# => <div data-city-state="[&quot;Chicago&quot;,&quot;IL&quot;]"></div>

The generated tag names and attributes are escaped by default. This can be disabled using escape.

tag.img src: 'open & shut.png'
# => <img src="open &amp; shut.png">

tag.img src: 'open & shut.png', escape: false
# => <img src="open & shut.png">

The tag builder respects HTML5 void elements if no content is passed, and omits closing tags for those elements.

# A standard element:
tag.div # => <div></div>

# A void element:
tag.br  # => <br>

Note that when using the block form options should be wrapped in parenthesis.

<%= tag.a(href: "/about", class: "font-bold") do %>
  About the author
<% end %>
# => <a href="/about" class="font-bold">About the author</a>

Building HTML attributes

Transforms a Hash into HTML attributes, ready to be interpolated into ERB. Includes or omits boolean attributes based on their truthiness. Transforms keys nested within aria: or data: objects into aria- and data- prefixed attributes:

<input <%= tag.attributes(type: :text, aria: { label: "Search" }) %>>
# => <input type="text" aria-label="Search">

<button <%= tag.attributes id: "call-to-action", disabled: false, aria: { expanded: false } %> class="primary">Get Started!</button>
# => <button id="call-to-action" aria-expanded="false" class="primary">Get Started!</button>

Legacy syntax

The following format is for legacy syntax support. It will be deprecated in future versions of Rails.

tag(name, options = nil, open = false, escape = true)

It returns an empty HTML tag of type name which by default is XHTML compliant. Set open to true to create an open tag compatible with HTML 4.0 and below. Add HTML attributes by passing an attributes hash to options. Set escape to false to disable attribute value escaping.

Options

You can use symbols or strings for the attribute names.

Use true with boolean attributes that can render with no value, like disabled and readonly.

HTML5 data-* attributes can be set with a single data key pointing to a hash of sub-attributes.

Examples

tag("br")
# => <br />

tag("br", nil, true)
# => <br>

tag("input", type: 'text', disabled: true)
# => <input type="text" disabled="disabled" />

tag("input", type: 'text', class: ["strong", "highlight"])
# => <input class="strong highlight" type="text" />

tag("img", src: "open & shut.png")
# => <img src="open &amp; shut.png" />

tag("img", { src: "open &amp; shut.png" }, false, false)
# => <img src="open &amp; shut.png" />

tag("div", data: { name: 'Stephen', city_state: %w(Chicago IL) })
# => <div data-name="Stephen" data-city-state="[&quot;Chicago&quot;,&quot;IL&quot;]" />

tag("div", class: { highlight: current_user.admin? })
# => <div class="highlight" />

# File 'lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb', line 479

def tag(name = nil, options = nil, open = false, escape = true)
  if name.nil?
    tag_builder
  else
    ensure_valid_html5_tag_name(name)
    "<#{name}#{tag_builder.tag_options(options, escape) if options}#{open ? ">" : " />"}".html_safe
  end
end

#token_list(*args) ⇒ `Object` Also known as: class_names

Returns a string of tokens built from args.

Examples

token_list("foo", "bar")
 # => "foo bar"
token_list("foo", "foo bar")
 # => "foo bar"
token_list({ foo: true, bar: false })
 # => "foo"
token_list(nil, false, 123, "", "foo", { bar: true })
 # => "123 foo bar"

# File 'lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb', line 538

def token_list(*args)
  tokens = build_tag_values(*args).flat_map { |value| CGI.unescape_html(value.to_s).split(/\s+/) }.uniq

  safe_join(tokens, " ")
end

Module: ActionView::Helpers::TagHelper

Overview

Action View Tag Helpers

Defined Under Namespace

Constant Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from OutputSafetyHelper

Methods included from CaptureHelper

Class Method Details

.build_tag_values(*args) ⇒ Object

.ensure_valid_html5_tag_name(name) ⇒ Object

Instance Method Details

#cdata_section(content) ⇒ Object

#content_tag(name, content_or_options_with_block = nil, options = nil, escape = true, &block) ⇒ Object

Options

Examples

#escape_once(html) ⇒ Object

#tag(name = nil, options = nil, open = false, escape = true) ⇒ Object

Building HTML tags

Passing content

Options

Building HTML attributes

Legacy syntax

Options

Examples

#token_list(*args) ⇒ Object Also known as: class_names

Examples

.build_tag_values(*args) ⇒ `Object`

.ensure_valid_html5_tag_name(name) ⇒ `Object`

#cdata_section(content) ⇒ `Object`

#content_tag(name, content_or_options_with_block = nil, options = nil, escape = true, &block) ⇒ `Object`

#escape_once(html) ⇒ `Object`

#tag(name = nil, options = nil, open = false, escape = true) ⇒ `Object`

#token_list(*args) ⇒ `Object` Also known as: class_names