Make :prompt work as documented

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb
index df7ad7fd09..35015ba4d2 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_options_helper.rb
@@ -507,7 +507,10 @@ module ActionView
         end
 
         body = "".html_safe
-        body.safe_concat content_tag(:option, prompt, :value => "") if prompt
+
+        if prompt
+          body.safe_concat content_tag(:option, prompt_text(prompt), :value => "")
+        end
 
         grouped_options = grouped_options.sort if grouped_options.is_a?(Hash)
 
@@ -732,6 +735,10 @@ module ActionView
         def value_for_collection(item, value)
           value.respond_to?(:call) ? value.call(item) : item.send(value)
         end
+
+        def prompt_text(prompt)
+          prompt = prompt.kind_of?(String) ? prompt : I18n.translate('helpers.select.prompt', :default => 'Please select')
+        end
     end
 
     class FormBuilder