similar to: Form element that is not an AR object attribute

Hi, I''ve created a custom form builder and overridden text_area so that all fields are readonly. There are a few instances that I would want an editable text_area, so I have tried to create an editable_text_area method. I have tried passing text_area(method, options.merge(:readonly=>false)) to the method, but it doesn''t work: the area is still not editable. Any

I''m playing around with Markaby and I decided to write a little blog app. I''m running into issues with forms however. If I use form_for the output of the form gets swallowed. For example: form_for :article, @article do |f| f.text_field :title f.check_box :published f.text_area :description f.text_field :pub_date f.text_area :content end gets rendered as an empty form

Hi, I wonder how I should use the SET and ENUM data types in my MySQL database combined with a rails application. This is my current _form.rhtml file for products: ------------------------------------------------------------- <%= error_messages_for ''product'' %> | <!--[form:product]--> <p><label for="product_name">Name</label><br/>

Hello, What''s the best way to handle formating of a text_area? I have a text_area in my rails app where people can leave comments and I''d like to automatically convert the line breaks into <br /> tags, or just simply wrap a whole paragraph in <p></p> tags. I''m currently doing the following in my comments controller to insert line breaks when the user

Anyone know why my text_area field is being prefilled with "empty_clob()" instead of simply being empty like I would expect? I''m using Oracle 10g so I suspect it''s coming from the oci8 driver somehow? Here''s the code: <% form_for :user do |f| -%> <%= f.text_area :notes, :rows => 2, :cols => 32 %> <% end -%> It should be just an empty

Hi, If I have @answers in my Controller, which is an array of Answer model objects which don''t exist in the DB yet... How do I bind a text_area helper in the View to each Answer? (I''m pre-filling some of the Answers with other data people need to verify before submitting and will insert on POST.) I''ve been able to get the textareas to render but not with the

Hi, I''m trying to make it so that an object can be easily printed into the html format I want. I''ve been focusing on using a case/when control structure, so let me start by showing you some code... I was trying to use this following code as a helper method, def print_question(question) @question = question case @question.question_type.code when

I implemented widgEditor for a text_area, I use <%= text_area ''post'', ''description'', ''class''=>''widgEditor'' %> to offer a basic textarea allowing users to enter text. it shows when creating a new record, but not shows when a user clicks edit page. the edit pages just shows a plain text_area. all rhtml pages are

Hi! I have problems to see existing values in several FormOptionsHelpers.. (text_area or select for example): <% @models.each do |model| %> <% form_for "model", model, :url => { :action => :update } do |f| %> <%= f.text_field :name %> // works <%= text_area "model", "text" %> // doesn''t work... <%= select

TextAreaWithStatus 1.0 has been released http://code.google.com/p/text-area-with-status/ == Overview == This plugin is extending builtin text_area and text_area_tag helpers with the ability to display chars left up to a specified limit. Basically it turns this: <%= f.text_area :description, :onkeyup => "limit_chars(this, 100, $ (''chars_left''))"

Hi! I have a "text_area" that looks like this... <%= text_area ''business'', ''otherDigitalDesc'', "cols" => 25, "rows" => 4, "value" => "Enter Description if Yes..." %> Right now, if I submit it, it adds "Enter Description if Yes" into the database. It would be nice to not have it enter

Hello, Is it possible to fill the textarea content when using the text_area function ? Why there is 2 , + or - similar class : FormHelper and FormTagHelper ?

I''m trying to use the text_area() method and would like to populate the text block with initial text. According to this: http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/3752 there was a fix put in place, but I''m ont sure how to integrate this. How do I get the :value parameter to show up within the textbloc instead of the html attributes? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi all, Since I am new to ruby on rails. I''m stuck in some minor issue. I am using form_for in my view. In that I am using a text text. So, My question is, how to add a default value to the text_area along with the row and col values. Please help me out ASAP. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To

Hi, I am trying to colour a text_area input field, including the scrollbar (2-dimensional field). I was able to change the colour of a button associated with a ''submit_tag'' by adding a :class and defining properties in my CSS file. Is something similar required? Thanks, Lee. ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The

Hey, I have existing threads with two fields: title and text. When a user clicks "edit", I say, in the new thread form: <% form.text_area :text, :value => params[:text] %> params[:text] = the text in the thread which the user wants to edit. It works fine most of the time, but if I made a new thread and had linebreaks, clicking edit fails. New form: text: sdfjksdfj sdfjsdf

Do you know how to render a rich text input area (with HTML formatting buttons (bold, italics, etc., available?) In RoR I''m hoping this is very easy to pull off?!? <%= text_area ''blogentry'', ''entry'' %></p> TO <%= rich_text_area ''blogentry'', ''entry'' %></p> ??? Haven''t found

hello, i would like to display a collection of records on one page (e.g. an author record with all his/her books). a record contains a text_area (e.g. a description of the book) and a date_select (e.g. when the book was published). <% for @book in @author.books %> <%= text_area ''book[]'', ''note'' %> <%= datetime_select

Hi, I have got two forms, the first is a textarea plus a link that activates some javascript to change the form, the second activates some javascript on the onchange event which changes it into a textarea form. This works in Firefox, but not in Safari. Also, I need the value which is selected. I''ve found an example that gives the parameter to the javascript, like this: <input

Hi all, I''m trying to build a routine that generates table rows with the appropriate field types (text_area and text_field for now), and filters out the ''created_at'' and ''deleted_at''. <% for column in Project.content_columns %> <tr class="ListLine<%= cycle("0","1") %>"> <td><%=