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* Form Helpers Cheatsheet

Create forms, check boxes, radio buttons, select lists and more using Rails' built-in form helpers.

  • Example - controller, view, HTML and params[]
  • fields_for - creates a scope around fields
  • Multipart form - model and view of multipart form
  • Input field helpers - check boxes, text fields, radio buttons
  • RESTful form_for - using form_for in a RESTful context
  • form_for - wrap ActiveRecord model objects in a form
  • Parsing form data - how Rails parses incoming form data
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Input field helpers

    f.error_messages_for
    f.check_box :terms, { :class => 'check' }, "yes", "no"
    f.file_field :image
    f.hidden_field :id
    f.label :customer, "Text for label"
    f.password_field :password
    f.radio_button :language, "French"
    f.text_area :comment, :size => "20x30", :disabled => "disabled"
    f.text_field :age, :size => "20", :class => "age_box"
 

 

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