2 files changed, 62 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba5fc39537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+require 'cgi'
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/tag_helper'
+
+module ActionView
+  module Helpers
+    # Provides a number of methods for creating form tags that doesn't rely on conventions with an object assigned to the template like
+    # FormHelper does. With the FormTagHelper, you provide the names and values yourself.
+    module FormTagHelper
+      # Starts a form tag that points the action to an url configured with <tt>url_for_options</tt> just like 
+      # ActionController::Base#url_for. The method for the form defaults to POST.
+      #
+      # Options:
+      # * <tt>:multipart</tt> - If set to true, the enctype is set to "multipart/form-data".
+      def form_tag(url_for_options = {}, options = {}, *parameters_for_url)
+        html_options = { "method" => "post" }.merge(options)
+        
+        if html_options[:multipart]
+          html_options["enctype"] = "multipart/form-data"
+          html_options.delete(:multipart)
+        end
+        
+        html_options["action"] = url_for(url_for_options, *parameters_for_url)
+        
+        tag("form", html_options, true)
+      end
+
+      alias_method :start_form_tag, :form_tag
+
+      # Outputs "</form>"
+      def end_form_tag
+        "</form>"
+      end
+
+      def text_field_tag(name, value = nil, options = {})
+        tag("input", {"type" => "text", "name" => name, "id" => name, "value" => value}.update(options))
+      end
+
+      def password_field_tag(name = "password", value = nil, options = {})
+        tag("input", {"type" => "password", "name" => name, "id" => name, "value" => value}.update(options))
+      end
+
+      def text_area_tag(name, content = nil, options = {})
+        if options[:size]
+          options["cols"], options["rows"] = options[:size].split("x")
+          options.delete(:size)
+        end
+        
+        content_tag("textarea", content, { "name" => name, "id" => name }.update(options))
+      end
+
+      def check_box_tag(name, value = "1", checked = false, options = {})
+        html_options = {"type" => "checkbox", "name" => name, "id" => name, "value" => value}.update(options)
+        html_options["checked"] = "checked" if checked
+        tag("input", html_options)
+      end
+
+      def submit_tag(value = "Save changes", options = {})
+        tag("input", {"type" => "submit", "name" => "submit", "value" => value}.update(options))
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb
index 120dc0165b..5ebfecb8bd 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb
@@ -22,32 +22,6 @@ module ActionView
         "<#{name}#{tag_options(options)}>#{content}</#{name}>"
       end
 
-      # Starts a form tag that points the action to an url configured with <tt>url_for_options</tt> just like 
-      # ActionController::Base#url_for. The method for the form defaults to POST.
-      #
-      # Options:
-      # * <tt>:multipart</tt> - If set to true, the enctype is set to "multipart/form-data".
-      def form_tag(url_for_options = {}, options = {}, *parameters_for_url)
-        html_options = { "method" => "post" }.merge(options)
-        
-        if html_options[:multipart]
-          html_options["enctype"] = "multipart/form-data"
-          html_options.delete(:multipart)
-        end
-        
-        html_options["action"] = url_for(url_for_options, *parameters_for_url)
-        
-        tag("form", html_options, true)
-      end
-      
-      alias_method :start_form_tag, :form_tag
-
-      # Outputs "</form>"
-      def end_form_tag
-        "</form>"
-      end
-
-
       private
         def tag_options(options)
           unless options.empty?