Module: ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Array::Dropdown

Included in:

Array

Defined in:

lib/rails/acts_as_dropdown/dropdown.rb

Instance Method Summary

• #to_dropdown(text = "name", value = "id") ⇒ Object

  Collects the contents of the array and creates a new array that can be easily used with the select form helper method.

Instance Method Details

#to_dropdown(text = "name", value = "id") ⇒ Object

Collects the contents of the array and creates a new array that can be easily used with the select form helper method.

Options

• text - This is the attribute that will be used as the text/label for the option tag (defaults to name).

• value - This is the attribute that will be used to fill in the option’s value parameter (defaults to id).

Example

>> @states = State.find(:all, :order => "id")
>> @states.to_dropdown 
=> [["Alabama", 1], ["Alaska", 2], ["Arizona", 3], ["California", 4], ["Colorado", 5]]

# File 'lib/rails/acts_as_dropdown/dropdown.rb', line 17

def to_dropdown(text = "name", value = "id")
  self.collect { |x| [x.send(text.to_sym), x.send(value.to_sym)] }
end