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diff --git a/guides/source/nested_model_forms.md b/guides/source/nested_model_forms.md index 855fab18e3..4f0634d955 100644 --- a/guides/source/nested_model_forms.md +++ b/guides/source/nested_model_forms.md @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ Model setup To be able to use the nested model functionality in your forms, the model will need to support some basic operations. -First of all, it needs to define a writer method for the attribute that corresponds to the association you are building a nested model form for. The `fields_for` form helper will look for this method to decide whether or not a nested model form should be build. +First of all, it needs to define a writer method for the attribute that corresponds to the association you are building a nested model form for. The `fields_for` form helper will look for this method to decide whether or not a nested model form should be built. -If the associated object is an array a form builder will be yielded for each object, else only a single form builder will be yielded. +If the associated object is an array, a form builder will be yielded for each object, else only a single form builder will be yielded. Consider a Person model with an associated Address. When asked to yield a nested FormBuilder for the `:address` attribute, the `fields_for` form helper will look for a method on the Person instance named `address_attributes=`. @@ -220,6 +220,6 @@ As you can see it has generated 2 `project name` inputs, one for each new `proje You can basically see the `projects_attributes` hash as an array of attribute hashes, one for each model instance. -NOTE: The reason that `fields_for` constructed a form which would result in a hash instead of an array is that it won't work for any forms nested deeper than one level deep. +NOTE: The reason that `fields_for` constructed a hash instead of an array is that it won't work for any form nested deeper than one level deep. TIP: You _can_ however pass an array to the writer method generated by `accepts_nested_attributes_for` if you're using plain Ruby or some other API access. See (TODO) for more info and example. |