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authorCarlos Antonio da Silva <carlosantoniodasilva@gmail.com>2012-02-01 19:16:58 -0200
committerRafael Mendonça França <rafaelmfranca@gmail.com>2012-02-02 14:52:15 -0200
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@@ -1124,6 +1124,79 @@ If <tt>@post.author_id</tt> is 1, this would return:
</select>
</html>
+h5. collection_radio_buttons
+
+Returns +radio_button+ tags for the collection of existing return values of +method+ for +object+'s class.
+
+Example object structure for use with this method:
+
+<ruby>
+class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
+ belongs_to :author
+end
+
+class Author < ActiveRecord::Base
+ has_many :posts
+ def name_with_initial
+ "#{first_name.first}. #{last_name}"
+ end
+end
+</ruby>
+
+Sample usage (selecting the associated Author for an instance of Post, +@post+):
+
+<ruby>
+collection_radio_buttons(:post, :author_id, Author.all, :id, :name_with_initial)
+</ruby>
+
+If <tt>@post.author_id</tt> is 1, this would return:
+
+<html>
+<input id="post_author_id_1" name="post[author_id]" type="radio" value="1" checked="checked" />
+<label class="collection_radio_buttons" for="post_author_id_1">D. Heinemeier Hansson</label>
+<input id="post_author_id_2" name="post[author_id]" type="radio" value="2" />
+<label class="collection_radio_buttons" for="post_author_id_2">D. Thomas</label>
+<input id="post_author_id_3" name="post[author_id]" type="radio" value="3" />
+<label class="collection_radio_buttons" for="post_author_id_3">M. Clark</label>
+</html>
+
+h5. collection_check_boxes
+
+Returns +check_box+ tags for the collection of existing return values of +method+ for +object+'s class.
+
+Example object structure for use with this method:
+
+<ruby>
+class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
+ has_and_belongs_to_many :author
+end
+
+class Author < ActiveRecord::Base
+ has_and_belongs_to_many :posts
+ def name_with_initial
+ "#{first_name.first}. #{last_name}"
+ end
+end
+</ruby>
+
+Sample usage (selecting the associated Authors for an instance of Post, +@post+):
+
+<ruby>
+collection_check_boxes(:post, :author_ids, Author.all, :id, :name_with_initial)
+</ruby>
+
+If <tt>@post.author_ids</tt> is [1], this would return:
+
+<html>
+<input id="post_author_ids_1" name="post[author_ids][]" type="checkbox" value="1" checked="checked" />
+<label class="collection_check_boxes" for="post_author_ids_1">D. Heinemeier Hansson</label>
+<input id="post_author_ids_2" name="post[author_ids][]" type="checkbox" value="2" />
+<label class="collection_check_boxes" for="post_author_ids_2">D. Thomas</label>
+<input id="post_author_ids_3" name="post[author_ids][]" type="checkbox" value="3" />
+<label class="collection_check_boxes" for="post_author_ids_3">M. Clark</label>
+<input name="post[author_ids][]" type="hidden" value="" />
+</html>
+
h5. country_options_for_select
Returns a string of option tags for pretty much any country in the world.