check out http://railscasts.com/episodes/100
It explains the use of - in Erb. -Matt On 4/9/08, Glenn Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On the submit tag you need an "=": > > <%= submit_tag 'Search' %> > > Regarding the "-", my understanding is that it just suppresses > a newline in the output. > > > -glenn > > > Scott Olmsted wrote: > > > > 1st question: > > > > I'm using Rails 2.0.2 and incorporating will_paginate into my first > > app. I borrowed the code at > > http://github.com/mislav/will_paginate/wikis/simple-search to display a > > search form: > > > > <% form_tag request.path, :method => 'get' do -%> > > <% content_tag :label do %> > > Search term: > > <%= text_field_tag :search, params[:search] %> > > <% end %> > > <% end %> > > > > but it has no 'Search' button, so I added a submit_tag to produce it: > > > > <% form_tag request.path, :method => 'get' do -%> > > <% content_tag :label do %> > > Search term: > > <%= text_field_tag :search, params[:search] %> > > <% end %> > > *<% submit_tag 'Search' %> > > *<% end %> > > > > but didn't get one: > > > > <form action="/stories" > > method="get"> <label> > > Search term: > > <input id="search" > > name="search" type="text" /> > > </label> > > > > </form> > > > > I suspect the blank line is where it hiccuped and didn't spit it out. > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > > > 2nd question: > > > > What does the '-%>' tag in the first line do that '%>' doesn't? > > > > Thanks, > > Scott > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
