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diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
index c6bc0c9e38..2a367b85af 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ require 'action_view/helpers/tag_helper'
require 'action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper'
require 'action_view/helpers/active_model_helper'
require 'action_view/model_naming'
+require 'action_view/record_identifier'
require 'active_support/core_ext/module/attribute_accessors'
require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/slice'
require 'active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety'
@@ -51,9 +52,7 @@ module ActionView
# The HTML generated for this would be (modulus formatting):
#
# <form action="/people" class="new_person" id="new_person" method="post">
- # <div style="display:none">
- # <input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="NrOp5bsjoLRuK8IW5+dQEYjKGUJDe7TQoZVvq95Wteg=" />
- # </div>
+ # <input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="NrOp5bsjoLRuK8IW5+dQEYjKGUJDe7TQoZVvq95Wteg=" />
# <label for="person_first_name">First name</label>:
# <input id="person_first_name" name="person[first_name]" type="text" /><br />
#
@@ -68,9 +67,10 @@ module ActionView
#
# In particular, thanks to the conventions followed in the generated field names, the
# controller gets a nested hash <tt>params[:person]</tt> with the person attributes
- # set in the form. That hash is ready to be passed to <tt>Person.create</tt>:
+ # set in the form. That hash is ready to be passed to <tt>Person.new</tt>:
#
- # if @person = Person.create(params[:person])
+ # @person = Person.new(params[:person])
+ # if @person.save
# # success
# else
# # error handling
@@ -81,10 +81,8 @@ module ActionView
# the code above as is would yield instead:
#
# <form action="/people/256" class="edit_person" id="edit_person_256" method="post">
- # <div style="display:none">
- # <input name="_method" type="hidden" value="patch" />
- # <input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="NrOp5bsjoLRuK8IW5+dQEYjKGUJDe7TQoZVvq95Wteg=" />
- # </div>
+ # <input name="_method" type="hidden" value="patch" />
+ # <input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="NrOp5bsjoLRuK8IW5+dQEYjKGUJDe7TQoZVvq95Wteg=" />
# <label for="person_first_name">First name</label>:
# <input id="person_first_name" name="person[first_name]" type="text" value="John" /><br />
#
@@ -114,6 +112,9 @@ module ActionView
include FormTagHelper
include UrlHelper
include ModelNaming
+ include RecordIdentifier
+
+ attr_internal :default_form_builder
# Creates a form that allows the user to create or update the attributes
# of a specific model object.
@@ -142,7 +143,8 @@ module ActionView
# will get expanded to
#
# <%= text_field :person, :first_name %>
- # which results in an html <tt><input></tt> tag whose +name+ attribute is
+ #
+ # which results in an HTML <tt><input></tt> tag whose +name+ attribute is
# <tt>person[first_name]</tt>. This means that when the form is submitted,
# the value entered by the user will be available in the controller as
# <tt>params[:person][:first_name]</tt>.
@@ -168,6 +170,23 @@ module ActionView
# * <tt>:namespace</tt> - A namespace for your form to ensure uniqueness of
# id attributes on form elements. The namespace attribute will be prefixed
# with underscore on the generated HTML id.
+ # * <tt>:method</tt> - The method to use when submitting the form, usually
+ # either "get" or "post". If "patch", "put", "delete", or another verb
+ # is used, a hidden input with name <tt>_method</tt> is added to
+ # simulate the verb over post.
+ # * <tt>:authenticity_token</tt> - Authenticity token to use in the form.
+ # Use only if you need to pass custom authenticity token string, or to
+ # not add authenticity_token field at all (by passing <tt>false</tt>).
+ # Remote forms may omit the embedded authenticity token by setting
+ # <tt>config.action_view.embed_authenticity_token_in_remote_forms = false</tt>.
+ # This is helpful when you're fragment-caching the form. Remote forms
+ # get the authenticity token from the <tt>meta</tt> tag, so embedding is
+ # unnecessary unless you support browsers without JavaScript.
+ # * <tt>:remote</tt> - If set to true, will allow the Unobtrusive
+ # JavaScript drivers to control the submit behavior. By default this
+ # behavior is an ajax submit.
+ # * <tt>:enforce_utf8</tt> - If set to false, a hidden input with name
+ # utf8 is not output.
# * <tt>:html</tt> - Optional HTML attributes for the form tag.
#
# Also note that +form_for+ doesn't create an exclusive scope. It's still
@@ -315,9 +334,7 @@ module ActionView
# The HTML generated for this would be:
#
# <form action='http://www.example.com' method='post' data-remote='true'>
- # <div style='display:none'>
- # <input name='_method' type='hidden' value='patch' />
- # </div>
+ # <input name='_method' type='hidden' value='patch' />
# ...
# </form>
#
@@ -333,9 +350,7 @@ module ActionView
# The HTML generated for this would be:
#
# <form action='http://www.example.com' method='post' data-behavior='autosave' name='go'>
- # <div style='display:none'>
- # <input name='_method' type='hidden' value='patch' />
- # </div>
+ # <input name='_method' type='hidden' value='patch' />
# ...
# </form>
#
@@ -428,6 +443,7 @@ module ActionView
html_options[:data] = options.delete(:data) if options.has_key?(:data)
html_options[:remote] = options.delete(:remote) if options.has_key?(:remote)
html_options[:method] = options.delete(:method) if options.has_key?(:method)
+ html_options[:enforce_utf8] = options.delete(:enforce_utf8) if options.has_key?(:enforce_utf8)
html_options[:authenticity_token] = options.delete(:authenticity_token)
builder = instantiate_builder(object_name, object, options)
@@ -833,8 +849,8 @@ module ActionView
# file_field(:user, :avatar)
# # => <input type="file" id="user_avatar" name="user[avatar]" />
#
- # file_field(:post, :image, :multiple => true)
- # # => <input type="file" id="post_image" name="post[image]" multiple="true" />
+ # file_field(:post, :image, multiple: true)
+ # # => <input type="file" id="post_image" name="post[image][]" multiple="multiple" />
#
# file_field(:post, :attached, accept: 'text/html')
# # => <input accept="text/html" type="file" id="post_attached" name="post[attached]" />
@@ -844,6 +860,24 @@ module ActionView
#
# file_field(:attachment, :file, class: 'file_input')
# # => <input type="file" id="attachment_file" name="attachment[file]" class="file_input" />
+ #
+ # ==== Gotcha
+ #
+ # The HTML specification says that when a file field is empty, web browsers
+ # do not send any value to the server. Unfortunately this introduces a
+ # gotcha: if a +User+ model has an +avatar+ field, and no file is selected,
+ # then the +avatar+ parameter is empty. Thus, any mass-assignment idiom like
+ #
+ # @user.update(params[:user])
+ #
+ # wouldn't update the +avatar+ field.
+ #
+ # To prevent this, the helper generates an auxiliary hidden field before
+ # every file field. The hidden field has the same name as the file one and
+ # a blank value.
+ #
+ # In case you don't want the helper to generate this hidden field you can
+ # specify the <tt>include_hidden: false</tt> option.
def file_field(object_name, method, options = {})
Tags::FileField.new(object_name, method, self, options).render
end
@@ -1004,7 +1038,7 @@ module ActionView
# date_field("user", "born_on")
# # => <input id="user_born_on" name="user[born_on]" type="date" />
#
- # The default value is generated by trying to call "to_date"
+ # The default value is generated by trying to call +strftime+ with "%Y-%m-%d"
# on the object's value, which makes it behave as expected for instances
# of DateTime and ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone. You can still override that
# by passing the "value" option explicitly, e.g.
@@ -1196,12 +1230,12 @@ module ActionView
object_name = model_name_from_record_or_class(object).param_key
end
- builder = options[:builder] || default_form_builder
+ builder = options[:builder] || default_form_builder_class
builder.new(object_name, object, self, options)
end
- def default_form_builder
- builder = ActionView::Base.default_form_builder
+ def default_form_builder_class
+ builder = default_form_builder || ActionView::Base.default_form_builder
builder.respond_to?(:constantize) ? builder.constantize : builder
end
end
@@ -1216,7 +1250,7 @@ module ActionView
# Admin: <%= person_form.check_box :admin %>
# <% end %>
#
- # In the above block, the a +FormBuilder+ object is yielded as the
+ # In the above block, a +FormBuilder+ object is yielded as the
# +person_form+ variable. This allows you to generate the +text_field+
# and +check_box+ fields by specifying their eponymous methods, which
# modify the underlying template and associates the +@person+ model object
@@ -1237,10 +1271,11 @@ module ActionView
# )
# )
# end
+ # end
#
# The above code creates a new method +div_radio_button+ which wraps a div
- # around the a new radio button. Note that when options are passed in, you
- # must called +objectify_options+ in order for the model object to get
+ # around the new radio button. Note that when options are passed in, you
+ # must call +objectify_options+ in order for the model object to get
# correctly passed to the method. If +objectify_options+ is not called,
# then the newly created helper will not be linked back to the model.
#
@@ -1582,7 +1617,14 @@ module ActionView
@auto_index
end
- record_name = index ? "#{object_name}[#{index}][#{record_name}]" : "#{object_name}[#{record_name}]"
+ record_name = if index
+ "#{object_name}[#{index}][#{record_name}]"
+ elsif record_name.to_s.end_with?('[]')
+ record_name = record_name.to_s.sub(/(.*)\[\]$/, "[\\1][#{record_object.id}]")
+ "#{object_name}#{record_name}"
+ else
+ "#{object_name}[#{record_name}]"
+ end
fields_options[:child_index] = index
@template.fields_for(record_name, record_object, fields_options, &block)
@@ -1596,7 +1638,7 @@ module ActionView
# target labels for radio_button tags (where the value is used in the ID of the input tag).
#
# ==== Examples
- # label(:post, :title)
+ # label(:title)
# # => <label for="post_title">Title</label>
#
# You can localize your labels based on model and attribute names.
@@ -1609,7 +1651,7 @@ module ActionView
#
# Which then will result in
#
- # label(:post, :body)
+ # label(:body)
# # => <label for="post_body">Write your entire text here</label>
#
# Localization can also be based purely on the translation of the attribute-name
@@ -1620,21 +1662,22 @@ module ActionView
# post:
# cost: "Total cost"
#
- # label(:post, :cost)
+ # label(:cost)
# # => <label for="post_cost">Total cost</label>
#
- # label(:post, :title, "A short title")
+ # label(:title, "A short title")
# # => <label for="post_title">A short title</label>
#
- # label(:post, :title, "A short title", class: "title_label")
+ # label(:title, "A short title", class: "title_label")
# # => <label for="post_title" class="title_label">A short title</label>
#
- # label(:post, :privacy, "Public Post", value: "public")
+ # label(:privacy, "Public Post", value: "public")
# # => <label for="post_privacy_public">Public Post</label>
#
- # label(:post, :terms) do
+ # label(:terms) do
# 'Accept <a href="/terms">Terms</a>.'.html_safe
# end
+ # # => <label for="post_terms">Accept <a href="/terms">Terms</a>.</label>
def label(method, text = nil, options = {}, &block)
@template.label(@object_name, method, text, objectify_options(options), &block)
end
@@ -1683,16 +1726,17 @@ module ActionView
# hashes instead of arrays.
#
# # Let's say that @post.validated? is 1:
- # check_box("post", "validated")
+ # check_box("validated")
# # => <input name="post[validated]" type="hidden" value="0" />
# # <input checked="checked" type="checkbox" id="post_validated" name="post[validated]" value="1" />
#
# # Let's say that @puppy.gooddog is "no":
- # check_box("puppy", "gooddog", {}, "yes", "no")
+ # check_box("gooddog", {}, "yes", "no")
# # => <input name="puppy[gooddog]" type="hidden" value="no" />
# # <input type="checkbox" id="puppy_gooddog" name="puppy[gooddog]" value="yes" />
#
- # check_box("eula", "accepted", { class: 'eula_check' }, "yes", "no")
+ # # Let's say that @eula.accepted is "no":
+ # check_box("accepted", { class: 'eula_check' }, "yes", "no")
# # => <input name="eula[accepted]" type="hidden" value="no" />
# # <input type="checkbox" class="eula_check" id="eula_accepted" name="eula[accepted]" value="yes" />
def check_box(method, options = {}, checked_value = "1", unchecked_value = "0")
@@ -1707,13 +1751,14 @@ module ActionView
# +options+ hash. You may pass HTML options there as well.
#
# # Let's say that @post.category returns "rails":
- # radio_button("post", "category", "rails")
- # radio_button("post", "category", "java")
+ # radio_button("category", "rails")
+ # radio_button("category", "java")
# # => <input type="radio" id="post_category_rails" name="post[category]" value="rails" checked="checked" />
# # <input type="radio" id="post_category_java" name="post[category]" value="java" />
#
- # radio_button("user", "receive_newsletter", "yes")
- # radio_button("user", "receive_newsletter", "no")
+ # # Let's say that @user.category returns "no":
+ # radio_button("receive_newsletter", "yes")
+ # radio_button("receive_newsletter", "no")
# # => <input type="radio" id="user_receive_newsletter_yes" name="user[receive_newsletter]" value="yes" />
# # <input type="radio" id="user_receive_newsletter_no" name="user[receive_newsletter]" value="no" checked="checked" />
def radio_button(method, tag_value, options = {})
@@ -1726,14 +1771,17 @@ module ActionView
# shown.
#
# ==== Examples
- # hidden_field(:signup, :pass_confirm)
- # # => <input type="hidden" id="signup_pass_confirm" name="signup[pass_confirm]" value="#{@signup.pass_confirm}" />
+ # # Let's say that @signup.pass_confirm returns true:
+ # hidden_field(:pass_confirm)
+ # # => <input type="hidden" id="signup_pass_confirm" name="signup[pass_confirm]" value="true" />
#
- # hidden_field(:post, :tag_list)
- # # => <input type="hidden" id="post_tag_list" name="post[tag_list]" value="#{@post.tag_list}" />
+ # # Let's say that @post.tag_list returns "blog, ruby":
+ # hidden_field(:tag_list)
+ # # => <input type="hidden" id="post_tag_list" name="post[tag_list]" value="blog, ruby" />
#
- # hidden_field(:user, :token)
- # # => <input type="hidden" id="user_token" name="user[token]" value="#{@user.token}" />
+ # # Let's say that @user.token returns "abcde":
+ # hidden_field(:token)
+ # # => <input type="hidden" id="user_token" name="user[token]" value="abcde" />
#
def hidden_field(method, options = {})
@emitted_hidden_id = true if method == :id
@@ -1754,19 +1802,24 @@ module ActionView
# * <tt>:accept</tt> - If set to one or multiple mime-types, the user will be suggested a filter when choosing a file. You still need to set up model validations.
#
# ==== Examples
- # file_field(:user, :avatar)
+ # # Let's say that @user has avatar:
+ # file_field(:avatar)
# # => <input type="file" id="user_avatar" name="user[avatar]" />
#
- # file_field(:post, :image, :multiple => true)
- # # => <input type="file" id="post_image" name="post[image]" multiple="true" />
+ # # Let's say that @post has image:
+ # file_field(:image, :multiple => true)
+ # # => <input type="file" id="post_image" name="post[image][]" multiple="multiple" />
#
- # file_field(:post, :attached, accept: 'text/html')
+ # # Let's say that @post has attached:
+ # file_field(:attached, accept: 'text/html')
# # => <input accept="text/html" type="file" id="post_attached" name="post[attached]" />
#
- # file_field(:post, :image, accept: 'image/png,image/gif,image/jpeg')
+ # # Let's say that @post has image:
+ # file_field(:image, accept: 'image/png,image/gif,image/jpeg')
# # => <input type="file" id="post_image" name="post[image]" accept="image/png,image/gif,image/jpeg" />
#
- # file_field(:attachment, :file, class: 'file_input')
+ # # Let's say that @attachment has file:
+ # file_field(:file, class: 'file_input')
# # => <input type="file" id="attachment_file" name="attachment[file]" class="file_input" />
def file_field(method, options = {})
self.multipart = true
@@ -1834,7 +1887,7 @@ module ActionView
# create: "Add %{model}"
#
# ==== Examples
- # button("Create a post")
+ # button("Create post")
# # => <button name='button' type='submit'>Create post</button>
#
# button do
@@ -1863,8 +1916,8 @@ module ActionView
object = convert_to_model(@object)
key = object ? (object.persisted? ? :update : :create) : :submit
- model = if object.class.respond_to?(:model_name)
- object.class.model_name.human
+ model = if object.respond_to?(:model_name)
+ object.model_name.human
else
@object_name.to_s.humanize
end
@@ -1895,7 +1948,11 @@ module ActionView
explicit_child_index = options[:child_index]
output = ActiveSupport::SafeBuffer.new
association.each do |child|
- options[:child_index] = nested_child_index(name) unless explicit_child_index
+ if explicit_child_index
+ options[:child_index] = explicit_child_index.call if explicit_child_index.respond_to?(:call)
+ else
+ options[:child_index] = nested_child_index(name)
+ end
output << fields_for_nested_model("#{name}[#{options[:child_index]}]", child, options, block)
end
output
@@ -1925,6 +1982,8 @@ module ActionView
end
ActiveSupport.on_load(:action_view) do
- cattr_accessor(:default_form_builder) { ::ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder }
+ cattr_accessor(:default_form_builder, instance_writer: false, instance_reader: false) do
+ ::ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder
+ end
end
end