Super – glad you found out :-) Lasse
2010/2/14 Ralph Shnelvar <[email protected]> > 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]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- 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.
