Rails - Jun 2006 - Label Helpers

Don''t know whether this has been discussed for the core, or if anyone
has seen a plugin.
Can anyone think of a reason why the form helpers don''t produce
corresponding labels?
......
Take the following example....

<label for="hotel_content_airportlocal"
class="inputLabel">Name of
Local airport</label>
<%= text_field ''hotel_content'',
''airportlocal''%>

The helper for text_field is compact but the necessary label code is
twice as long when most of the information is specific for the field.

Surely a syntax such as....
<%= text_field ''hotel_content'',
''airportlocal'', :label => "Name of
local airport"%>

would be much more DRY. You could always pass false to :label to omit this.

Any thoughts?


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On Jun 7, 2006, at 6:52 AM, Ross Riley wrote:
> Don''t know whether this has been discussed for the core, or if
anyone
> has seen a plugin.
> Can anyone think of a reason why the form helpers don''t produce
> corresponding labels?
> ......
> Take the following example....
>
> <label for="hotel_content_airportlocal"
class="inputLabel">Name of
> Local airport</label>
> <%= text_field ''hotel_content'',
''airportlocal''%>
>
> The helper for text_field is compact but the necessary label code is
> twice as long when most of the information is specific for the field.
>
> Surely a syntax such as....
> <%= text_field ''hotel_content'',
''airportlocal'', :label => "Name of
> local airport"%>
>
> would be much more DRY. You could always pass false to :label to  
> omit this.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
> -- 
> Ross Riley
> riley.ross@gmail.com
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