Ralph Shnelvar wrote: > Lasse Bunk wrote: >> f.label :something, "something" >> >> :-) Lasse >> >> 2010/2/14 Ralph Shnelvar <[email protected]> > > Well ... that certainly was simple .... but then what is the purpose of > the first parameter? What are the downsides to > f.label '', "something" > ?
OK ... I sniffed around on the 'net to try to answer my own question. Apparently the first field becomes the target of the for= HTML parameter. The "for=" field, in turn, becomes associated with another html tag's (e.g. an input tag.) So - - - - - <label for="xyzzy">Whatever</label> Put anything here <input type="checkbox" id="xyzzy" value="check me" /> - - - - associates the label with the input. Thus (from ActionView::Helpers::FormTagHelper) documentation http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html#M001606 label(:post, :title) # => <label for="post_title">Title</label> now makes sense to me. One now has a css tag to play with. Thank you, Lasse Bunk. Sometimes the most trivial of answers helps the most. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
