On Jan 27, 2013, at 3:04 PM, Hassan Schroeder wrote: > On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Dave Castellano <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> @formatted_question[:a] contains text with HTML markup. I want to >> display it in a field so I can control its vertical and horizontal size >> on the page. When it is displayed on the page now, rather than >> interpreting the HTML, it is output into the text field as a string with >> all HTML tags showing. What am I doing wrong?? > > Misusing a form element :-) > >> <div id = "A"> >> <%= text_area_tag id="cka",(@formatted_question[:anno_a]) %> >> </div> > > That's the way a text area works; if you want to control display size, > use CSS to size the appropriate block-level container (e.g. div, p). > > -- > Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ [email protected] > http://about.me/hassanschroeder > twitter: @hassan
Also, you need to indicate that the contents should not be escaped, but delivered as-is to the page: <div id="cka"> <%=raw @formatted_question[:anno_a] %> </div> Note the ERB tag begins "<%=raw" That 'raw' is http://apidock.com/rails/ActionView/Helpers/OutputSafetyHelper/raw and will send the actual contents, i.e., the HTML, to the page. -Rob -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
