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Diffstat (limited to 'actionview')
| -rw-r--r-- | actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/asset_tag_helper.rb | 25 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/asset_tag_helper.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/asset_tag_helper.rb index 413532826b..824cdaa45e 100644 --- a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/asset_tag_helper.rb +++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/asset_tag_helper.rb @@ -142,22 +142,29 @@ module ActionView ) end - # Returns a link loading a favicon file. You may specify a different file - # in the first argument. The helper accepts an additional options hash where - # you can override "rel" and "type". + # Returns a link tag for a favicon managed by the asset pipeline. # - # ==== Options + # If a page has no link like the one generated by this helper, browsers + # ask for <tt>/favicon.ico</tt> automatically, and cache the file if the + # request succeeds. If the favicon changes it is hard to get it updated. # - # * <tt>:rel</tt> - Specify the relation of this link, defaults to 'shortcut icon' - # * <tt>:type</tt> - Override the auto-generated mime type, defaults to 'image/x-icon' + # To have better control applications may let the asset pipeline manage + # their favicon storing the file under <tt>app/assets/images</tt>, and + # using this helper to generate its corresponding link tag. # - # ==== Examples + # The helper gets the name of the favicon file as first argument, which + # defaults to "favicon.ico", and also supports +:rel+ and +:type+ options + # to override their defaults, "shortcut icon" and "image/x-icon" + # respectively: + # + # favicon_link_tag + # # => <link href="/assets/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" /> # # favicon_link_tag 'myicon.ico' # # => <link href="/assets/myicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" /> # - # Mobile Safari looks for a different <link> tag, pointing to an image that - # will be used if you add the page to the home screen of an iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad. + # Mobile Safari looks for a different link tag, pointing to an image that + # will be used if you add the page to the home screen of an iOS device. # The following call would generate such a tag: # # favicon_link_tag 'mb-icon.png', rel: 'apple-touch-icon', type: 'image/png' |