Rails - Apr 2006 - custom form builder

In the API docs I found this:

"You can also build forms using a customized FormBuilder class. Subclass 
FormBuilder and override or define some more helpers, then use your 
custom builder "

I couldn''t find any further documentation on this. Where can I read
more
about this formbuilder class? For starters, where would I define a 
subclass of this class?

TIA,

Jeroen


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Jeroen,

Well you could look at the default formbuilder in the rails source or 
look at the plugin of techno-weenie (labeled form or something). He 
wrote a formbuilder class in the plugin (didn''t use the new interface
tho).

Greets,

Abdur-Rahman

Jeroen Houben wrote:
> In the API docs I found this:
>
> "You can also build forms using a customized FormBuilder class.
Subclass
> FormBuilder and override or define some more helpers, then use your 
> custom builder "
>
> I couldn''t find any further documentation on this. Where can I
read more
> about this formbuilder class? For starters, where would I define a 
> subclass of this class?
>
> TIA,
>
> Jeroen
>
>
>

Jeroen Houben wrote:
> Where can I read more 
> about this formbuilder class? For starters, where would I define a 
> subclass of this class?
Just saw the Rails Recipes book has some pages on this, I''m generating
a
new copy now ;-)

Jeroen

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One recipe in the recipes book, Creating a Custom Form Builder, we wrap each
of the field helpers in FormBuilder, so they include table information. 
I''m
trying to include selection drop downs, and the way I think I should do it
is to redefine the ActionView::Helpers::FormOptionsHelper select method to
do the same.  I get into trouble here.

module ApplicationHelper
  class TabularFormBuilder < ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder
   (field_helpers - %w(check_box radio_button hidden_field)).each do
|selector|
      src = <<-END_SRC
         def #{selector}(field, options = {})
        @template.content_tag("tr" ,
        @template.content_tag("td" , field.to_s.humanize +
":" ) +
        @template.content_tag("td" , super))
        end
        END_SRC
      class_eval src, __FILE__, __LINE__
    end
  end

  def tabular_form_for(name, object = nil, options = nil, &proc)
    concat("<table>" , proc.binding)
    form_for(name,
             object,
     (options||{}).merge(:builder => TabularFormBuilder),
    &proc)
    concat("</table>" , proc.binding)
  end

    module ActionView::Helpers::FormOptionsHelper
      alias_method :old_select, :select
      def select(object, method, choices, options = {}, html_options = {})
        @template.content_tag("tr",
          @template.content_tag("td",
            ( options[:label] || field.to_s.humanize ) + ":") +
            @template.content_tag("td", old_select))
      end
    end

(I thought I didn''t need to use the class_eval for this, as opposed to
the
TabularFormBuilder itself, which composes many overrides )

end


calling in the partial
    <%= f.select :contact_id, @contacts.collect { |p| [ p.name, p.id ] },
{:include_blank => true }  %>

gives me error: undefined local variable or method `field'' for
#<#<Class:0x387d8e8>:0x387d8a0>

So, what am I doing wrong?  How do I override the select method in this
context, or should I wrap its output in tags at some other level?

Thanks!

Jim Mack
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