Merge pull request #13673 from senny/use_enum_label_in_forms

use enum labels as form values. Achieved by `_before_type_cast`.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/enum.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/enum.rb
index 9ad718a02a..d1bc785bee 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/enum.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/enum.rb
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ module ActiveRecord
           # def status() STATUS.key self[:status] end
           define_method(name) { enum_values.key self[name] }
 
+          # def status_before_type_cast() STATUS.key self[:status] end
+          define_method("#{name}_before_type_cast") { enum_values.key self[name] }
+
           pairs = values.respond_to?(:each_pair) ? values.each_pair : values.each_with_index
           pairs.each do |value, i|
             enum_values[value] = i
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/enum_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/enum_test.rb
index c09e58fbf1..0075df8b8d 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/enum_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/enum_test.rb
@@ -88,4 +88,8 @@ class EnumTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert Book.written.create.written?
     assert Book.read.create.read?
   end
+
+  test "_before_type_cast returns the enum label (required for form fields)" do
+    assert_equal "proposed", @book.status_before_type_cast
+  end
 end