On May 25, 2010, at 9:23 AM, hassan.schroeder wrote: > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:56 PM, William K. Hatch Jr. > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Basically, I can't get text fields or text areas to not include size and >> cols attributes in the tags generated when using a form_for .... >> f.text_field ... etc within my view. This results in my applied styles being >> over ridden by the attribute values and, that kinda sucks. Of course I can >> set the attributes, but that seems ridiculous. How can I prevent these >> attributes from being generated so that the css can do it's rightful job? > > You can't, and shouldn't -- they're required; see > <http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#edef-TEXTAREA>
yes, although leaving them off doesn't appear to cause problems. I think making them required is at odds with separating presentation over structure, however. > > That said, I've never had a problem applying CSS to tweak a textarea > with those attributes, so perhaps you have a different issue? And you would again be correct...;-( After posting, I experimented some more and discovered the error; I had wrongly concluded that the attributes were over riding the styles. Thanks. Thanks. > > HTH, > -- > Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ [email protected] > twitter: @hassan > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
