Module: Formtastic::Helpers::ActionHelper

Included in:
FormBuilder
Defined in:
lib/formtastic/helpers/action_helper.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#action(method, options = {}) ⇒ Object

TODO:

document i18n keys

Renders an action for the form (such as a subit/reset button, or a cancel link).

Each action is wrapped in an <li class="action"> tag with other classes added based on the type of action being rendered, and is intended to be rendered inside a #buttons block which wraps the button in a fieldset and ol.

The textual value of the label can be changed from the default through the :label argument or through i18n.

If using i18n, you'll need to provide the following translations:

en: formtastic: actions: create: "Create new %model" update: "Save %model" cancel: "Cancel" reset: "Reset form" submit: "Submit"

For forms with an object present, the update key will be used if calling persisted? on the object returns true (saving changes to a record), otherwise the create key will be used. The submit key is used as a fallback when there is no object or we cannot determine if create or update is appropriate.

Examples:

Basic usage

# form
<%= semantic_form_for @post do |f| %>
  ...
  <%= f.actions do %>
    <%= f.action :submit %>
    <%= f.action :reset %>
    <%= f.action :cancel %>
  <% end %>
<% end %>

# output
<form ...>
  ...
  <fieldset class="buttons">
    <ol>
      <li class="action input_action">
        <input name="commit" type="submit" value="Create Post">
      </li>
      <li class="action input_action">
        <input name="commit" type="reset" value="Reset Post">
      </li>
      <li class="action link_action">
        <a href="/posts">Cancel Post</a>
      </li>
    </ol>
  </fieldset>
</form>

Set the value through the :label option

<%= f.action :submit, :label => "Go" %>

Pass HTML attributes down to the tag inside the wrapper

<%= f.action :submit, :button_html => { :class => 'pretty', :accesskey => 'g', :disable_with => "Wait..." } %>

Pass HTML attributes down to the <li> wrapper

<%= f.action :submit, :wrapper_html => { :class => 'special', :id => 'whatever' } %>

Parameters:

  • *args (Hash) —

    a customizable set of options



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# File 'lib/formtastic/helpers/action_helper.rb', line 79

def action(method, options = {})
  options = options.dup # Allow options to be shared without being tainted by Formtastic
  options[:as] ||= default_action_type(method, options)

  klass = namespaced_action_class(options[:as])

  klass.new(self, template, @object, @object_name, method, options).to_html
end