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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/action_view_overview.textile b/railties/guides/source/action_view_overview.textile index 7703d6c720..40cde6ad84 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/action_view_overview.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/action_view_overview.textile @@ -454,6 +454,83 @@ input("post", "title") # => <input id="post_title" name="post[title]" size="30" type="text" value="Hello World" /> </ruby> +h4. RecordTagHelper + +This module provides methods for generating a container tag, such as a +<div>+, for your record. This is the recommended way of creating a container for render your Active Record object, as it adds an appropriate class and id attributes to that container. You can then refer to those containers easily by following the convention, instead of having to think about which class or id attribute you should use. + +h5. content_tag_for + +Renders a container tag that relates to your Active Record Object. + +For example, given +@post+ is the object of +Post+ class, you can do: + +<ruby> +<%= content_tag_for(:tr, @post) do %> + <td><%= @post.title %></td> +<% end %> +</ruby> + +This will generate this HTML output: + +<html> +<tr id="post_1234" class="post"> + <td>Hello World!</td> +</tr> +</html> + +You can also supply HTML attributes as an additional option hash. For example: + +<ruby> +<%= content_tag_for(:tr, @post, :class => "frontpage") do %> + <td><%= @post.title %></td> +<% end %> +</ruby> + +Will generate this HTML output: + +<html> +<tr id="post_1234" class="post frontpage"> + <td>Hello World!</td> +</tr> +</html> + +You can pass a collection of Active Record objects. This method will loop through your objects and create a container for each of them. For example, given +@posts+ is an array of two +Post+ objects: + +<ruby> +<%= content_tag_for(:tr, @posts) do |post| %> + <td><%= post.title %></td> +<% end %> +</ruby> + +Will generate this HTML output: + +<html> +<tr id="post_1234" class="post"> + <td>Hello World!</td> +</tr> +<tr id="post_1235" class="post"> + <td>Ruby on Rails Rocks!</td> +</tr> +</html> + +h5. div_for + +This is actually a convenient method which calls +content_tag_for+ internally with +:div+ as the tag name. You can pass either an Active Record object or a collection of objects. For example: + +<ruby> +<%= div_for(@post, :class => "frontpage") do %> + <td><%= @post.title %></td> +<% end %> +</ruby> + +Will generate this HTML output: + +<html> +<div id="post_1234" class="post frontpage"> + <td>Hello World!</td> +</div> +</html> + h4. AssetTagHelper This module provides methods for generating HTML that links views to assets such as images, JavaScript files, stylesheets, and feeds. @@ -478,7 +555,6 @@ javascript_include_tag :monkey # => <script type="text/javascript" src="/javascripts/tail.js"></script> </ruby> - h5. register_stylesheet_expansion Register one or more stylesheet files to be included when symbol is passed to +stylesheet_link_tag+. This method is typically intended to be called from plugin initialization to register stylesheet files that the plugin installed in +public/stylesheets+. @@ -822,7 +898,7 @@ h5. select_year Returns a select tag with options for each of the five years on each side of the current, which is selected. The five year radius can be changed using the +:start_year+ and +:end_year+ keys in the +options+. <ruby> -# Generates a select field for five years on either side of +Date.today+ that defaults to the current year +# Generates a select field for five years on either side of Date.today that defaults to the current year select_year(Date.today) # Generates a select field from 1900 to 2009 that defaults to the current year @@ -870,7 +946,7 @@ h4. FormHelper Form helpers are designed to make working with models much easier compared to using just standard HTML elements by providing a set of methods for creating forms based on your models. This helper generates the HTML for forms, providing a method for each sort of input (e.g., text, password, select, and so on). When the form is submitted (i.e., when the user hits the submit button or form.submit is called via JavaScript), the form inputs will be bundled into the params object and passed back to the controller. -There are two types of form helpers: those that specifically work with model attributes and those that don't. This helper deals with those that work with model attributes; to see an example of form helpers that don‘t work with model attributes, check the ActionView::Helpers::FormTagHelper documentation. +There are two types of form helpers: those that specifically work with model attributes and those that don't. This helper deals with those that work with model attributes; to see an example of form helpers that don't work with model attributes, check the ActionView::Helpers::FormTagHelper documentation. The core method of this helper, form_for, gives you the ability to create a form for a model instance; for example, let's say that you have a model Person and want to create a new instance of it: @@ -914,7 +990,7 @@ check_box("post", "validated") h5. fields_for -Creates a scope around a specific model object like form_for, but doesn‘t create the form tags themselves. This makes fields_for suitable for specifying additional model objects in the same form: +Creates a scope around a specific model object like form_for, but doesn't create the form tags themselves. This makes fields_for suitable for specifying additional model objects in the same form: <ruby> <%= form_for @person, :url => { :action => "update" } do |person_form| %> @@ -1419,10 +1495,3 @@ end Then you could create special views like +app/views/posts/show.expert.html.erb+ that would only be displayed to expert users. You can read more about the Rails Internationalization (I18n) API "here":i18n.html. - -h3. Changelog - -* May 29, 2011: Removed references to remote_* helpers - Vijay Dev -* April 16, 2011: Added 'Using Action View with Rails', 'Templates' and 'Partials' sections. "Sebastian Martinez":http://wyeworks.com -* September 3, 2009: Continuing work by Trevor Turk, leveraging the Action Pack docs and "What's new in Edge Rails":http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2007/8/3/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-partials-get-layouts -* April 5, 2009: Starting work by Trevor Turk, leveraging Mike Gunderloy's docs |