Method: ActionView::Helpers::FormHelper#rich_text_area

Defined in:
actiontext/app/helpers/action_text/tag_helper.rb

#rich_text_areaObject

Returns a trix-editor tag that instantiates the Trix JavaScript editor as well as a hidden field that Trix will write to on changes, so the content will be sent on form submissions.

#### Options

  • :class - Defaults to “trix-content” which ensures default styling is applied.

  • :value - Adds a default value to the HTML input tag.

  • [:data][:direct_upload_url] - Defaults to rails_direct_uploads_url.

  • [:data][:blob_url_template] - Defaults to ‘rails_service_blob_url(“:signed_id”, “:filename”)`.

#### Example

rich_textarea :message, :content
# <input type="hidden" name="message[content]" id="message_content_trix_input_message_1">
# <trix-editor id="content" input="message_content_trix_input_message_1" class="trix-content" ...></trix-editor>

rich_textarea :message, :content, value: "<h1>Default message</h1>"
# <input type="hidden" name="message[content]" id="message_content_trix_input_message_1" value="&lt;h1&gt;Default message&lt;/h1&gt;">
# <trix-editor id="content" input="message_content_trix_input_message_1" class="trix-content" ...></trix-editor>

rich_textarea :message, :content do
  "<h1>Default message</h1>"
end
# <input type="hidden" name="message[content]" id="message_content_trix_input_message_1" value="&lt;h1&gt;Default message&lt;/h1&gt;">
# <trix-editor id="content" input="message_content_trix_input_message_1" class="trix-content" ...></trix-editor>


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# File 'actiontext/app/helpers/action_text/tag_helper.rb', line 94

def rich_textarea(object_name, method, options = {}, &block)
  Tags::ActionText.new(object_name, method, self, options).render(&block)
end