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diff --git a/guides/source/form_helpers.textile b/guides/source/form_helpers.textile index 033b33ec3b..11d48551c4 100644 --- a/guides/source/form_helpers.textile +++ b/guides/source/form_helpers.textile @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ NOTE: Always use labels for checkbox and radio buttons. They associate text with h4. Other Helpers of Interest -Other form controls worth mentioning are textareas, password fields, hidden fields, search fields, telephone fields, date fields, time fields, URL fields and email fields: +Other form controls worth mentioning are textareas, password fields, hidden fields, search fields, telephone fields, date fields, time fields, color fields, URL fields and email fields: <erb> <%= text_area_tag(:message, "Hi, nice site", :size => "24x6") %> @@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ Other form controls worth mentioning are textareas, password fields, hidden fiel <%= date_field(:user, :born_on) %> <%= url_field(:user, :homepage) %> <%= email_field(:user, :address) %> +<%= color_field(:user, :favorite_color) %> <%= time_field(:task, :started_at) %> </erb> @@ -175,12 +176,13 @@ Output: <input id="user_born_on" name="user[born_on]" type="date" /> <input id="user_homepage" name="user[homepage]" type="url" /> <input id="user_address" name="user[address]" type="email" /> +<input id="user_favorite_color" name="user[favorite_color]" type="color" value="#000000" /> <input id="task_started_at" name="task[started_at]" type="time" /> </html> Hidden inputs are not shown to the user but instead hold data like any textual input. Values inside them can be changed with JavaScript. -IMPORTANT: The search, telephone, date, time, URL, and email inputs are HTML5 controls. If you require your app to have a consistent experience in older browsers, you will need an HTML5 polyfill (provided by CSS and/or JavaScript). There is definitely "no shortage of solutions for this":https://github.com/Modernizr/Modernizr/wiki/HTML5-Cross-Browser-Polyfills, although a couple of popular tools at the moment are "Modernizr":http://www.modernizr.com/ and "yepnope":http://yepnopejs.com/, which provide a simple way to add functionality based on the presence of detected HTML5 features. +IMPORTANT: The search, telephone, date, time, color, URL, and email inputs are HTML5 controls. If you require your app to have a consistent experience in older browsers, you will need an HTML5 polyfill (provided by CSS and/or JavaScript). There is definitely "no shortage of solutions for this":https://github.com/Modernizr/Modernizr/wiki/HTML5-Cross-Browser-Polyfills, although a couple of popular tools at the moment are "Modernizr":http://www.modernizr.com/ and "yepnope":http://yepnopejs.com/, which provide a simple way to add functionality based on the presence of detected HTML5 features. TIP: If you're using password input fields (for any purpose), you might want to configure your application to prevent those parameters from being logged. You can learn about this in the "Security Guide":security.html#logging. |