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Hi All, I am having a little difficulty using the options_for_select forms helper method. I have a form for an active record object book, which belongs to a publisher. Using the options_for_select is working fine as far as creating the various options, but it will not output the "selected=''selected''" bit of html needed to identify...

...lect_tag with 4 values pulled in via a helper: def filter_hours filter_hours = [ ["1 hour", 1], ["24 hours", 24], ["7 days", 168], ["14 days", 336], ] end The select_tag looks like the following: select_tag :order_hours, options_for_select(filter_hours, :selected => @selected_order_hours) @selected_order_hours is being set in the controller when the form is posted. It comes back as either 1, 24, 168, 336 and is definitely being set as confirmed through logging and printing from the view. However, the selected valued is never set...

Hello Everyone I have a select_tag which I populate using a map, I use options_for_select method to pass the map and "selected" value. For some reason I can not get the option "selected" based on the value I pass to the selected attribute. Here is the code <%= select_tag :current_course, options_for_select( Course.find(:all).map {|p| [p.title,p.id]}, @se...

I have a form with contingent select boxes (the state is contingent on the country selected, so when the country selected changes, the state changes -- I am using the Carmen plugin for getting my state names and country names together, but not the functionality I am interested in achieving). Everything works fine except I cannot figure out how to amend my code such that: A. When the form is first

Even reading the documentation I can not figure out what is the select_tag difference between this: <% = select_tag (bags [], "options_for_select (bags.collect @ {| bb | [bb.bag_type, bb.id]}, ruser.bags.collect @ {| ub | ub.id}), {: multiple => true,: id => "bags"})%> and this: <% = select_tag "bags [], " options_for_select (bags.collect @ {| bb | [bb.bag_type, bb.id]}, : multiple => tr...

How do I show the selected values in options_for_select? I have a Service model and a AccessControl model. When a user edits a Service I want the services access_controls to be pre-selected. Models: Service has_many AccessControls AccessControl belongs_to Service application.rb: $types = Array["Athens", "htpasswd", "IP",...

I have a field in a view, like so: <%= select_tag(''quoted_condition'', options_for_select([''NEW'',''RETAIL'',''OEM'',''REFURB''], ''NEW'')) %> This sets the ''selected'' value to ''NEW'' - however, I would like to have a nil value here, so I can "force" the use...

<b>Client</b><br /> <%= select_tag ''clients[]'', options_for_select( [['' '',''1''], [''aaaa'',''2''], [''daemon'',''3''],[''nortel'',''4''],[''telefonica'',''5''],[''local'',''6&...

Hi, I''m quite new to this language and I''m having trouble finding out simple things like a dropdown menu in rhtml. I know I have to use <% select_tag %> but I''ve read lots of different ways to put in the options so I''m a bit confused. Options are hard-coded for the menu I''m trying to create so no database is involved! Thanks v much! Bex --

I have a select_tag in my view that uses options_for_select with multiple = true. I am having trouble figuring out the Rails way to create and update that field. Please help. Models: ------------- Service has_many AccessControl AccessControl belongs_to Service application.rb ------------------------- $types = Array["Athens", "htpasswd"...

With a hash such as: stuff = {''1''=>''desc 1'', ''2''=>''desc 2'', ''3''=>''desc 3''} options_for_select(stuff) will output: <option id="desc 1">1</option> <option id="desc 2">2</option> <option id="desc 3">3</option> Doesn''t this seem backwards? Hash keys correspond to ids, and should be used for option ids IMO. BTW, is the...

I am ''trying'' to use ''options_for_select'' <select name="selected_distance" id="selected_distance" style="width:8%;"> <%= options_for_select(["2", "5", "10", "15", "25" ], @selected_distance ) %> </select> which generates the html.....

...is possible using erb (at the very least, I can''t figure it out by googling or via searching this board), so here goes... i''m using erb to make a select box with several hundred <option> values it looks something like this: <%= select_tag ''controls'', options_for_select(@controls.map {|cpd| ["#{cpd.compound_name}.....#{cpd.trimmed_number}"]}), {:class => ''superwide'', :size => 20} %> the above code works great...except for 1 thing. i''d like to cycle the color of every other <option> tag using css. obviously, i...

Hi, <%= select_tag ''image_id'', options_for_select(Image.find(:all) {| an_image| [ an_image.name, an_image.id ] }), :multiple => true %></p> * I am in a view, and I am trying to search the image table and make a multiple select box with each image''s name. * Right now it is working, but I see this: ----------------------------...

Hi, I have a problem with the form select. In the value field I have the generated html... <%= f.select :brand_id, options_for_select([[''Brands'', 0]] + @search_brands.map { |b| [b.name, b.id]}), {:id => ''cbxBrand'', :tabindex => (@tabindex += 1)} %> This is the html: <select name="search[brand_id]" id="search_brand_id"> <option value=&quo...

Hi, I have created a multiple selection listbox with rails, when I try to get the rows selected by user, rails send back only the first one, how can I get the other selected rows???? I created the listbox with the following function: select_tag("form__list1", options_for_select(["A","B","C","D"], selected = "A"), html_options = {"size" => 5, "multiple" => true}) What I get from params is : !map:HashWithIndifferentAccess commit: Next action: index controller: cellfiles form__list1: "A"...

...e cookies[:state] = state end if !cookies[:state].blank? @default_state = cookies[:state] else @default_state = "" end # view - html State: <td><%= select_tag "stateid", options_for_select(@state_names, :selected => @default_state) %></td> SOURCE OF HTML <td>State</td> *** I WANT THE VALUE IN THE State value="5.0" as the cookie. <td><select id="stateid" name="stateid"> <option value=&quo...

Hi! If i have something like this used to create select tag: options = [["Dollar", "$"], ["Kroner", "DKK"]] and later read value from the database and get "DKK", what is the easiest way to get "Kroner" value? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

...I changed variables and instances for privacy reasons(I''m sure most people do.) <% form_for :animals do |f| %> <%= f.error_messages %> <%= f.label :update %> <br /> <%= f.text_area :updates, :rows => 6 %> <br /> <%= select_tag "update", options_for_select(%w{dogs_info feline_info}) %> <%= f.submit "submit" %> <% end %> I really appreciate any help! Thank you. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-...

Hi, I would like my model instance to produce it''s own list of options for a form select. This is from a product model that has_many variations def alts_for_select(current_id) the_map = variations.map{|v| [v.name, v.id]} options_for_select(the_map, current_id) end the model cannot see the options_for_select method I tried to use ActionView::Helpers::FormOptionsHelper::options_for_select(the_map, current_id) but this didn''t work. Any ideas? Thanks, Peter