Rails - Jun 2006 - Setting an index on a collection_select

I am creating a data entry form that allows a user to fill in multiple rows
and save them all at once.  In my controller, I create an array of
"person"
objects and pass it to the page.  On the page, I have a text field like so:

 

<%= text_field "person", "name", "index" =>
1 %>

 

Note the "index" attribute, which sets the name and id correctly.  I
would
like to do the same with a collection_select, but can''t seem to get it
to
work.  Does anyone know if there is an elegant way to set the "index"
attribute of a collection_select?  Something like:

 

<%= collection_select(''person'', ''type'',
@person_types, ''id'', ''name'',
''index''
=> 1) %>

 

Here''s the documentation for the text_field that describes the index
property

 

http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html#M00038
9

 

Thanks,

 

Jeff Dean

www.jefdean.com <http://www.jefdean.com/> 

jeff@jefdean.com

917 414 7801

 

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Jeff Dean wrote:
> Note the ?index? attribute, which sets the name and id correctly.  I 
> would like to do the same with a collection_select, but can?t seem to 
> get it to work.  Does anyone know if there is an elegant way to set the 
> ?index? attribute of a collection_select?  Something like:
>  
> <%= collection_select(''person'',
''type'', *@person_types*, ''id'',
''name'',
> ''index'' => 1) %>
For select and collection_select index goes with the html_options parameter
rather than the options parameter. So you want something like:

collection_select :person, :type, @person_types, :id, :name, {}, :index => 1


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