f.label 'something'
produces Something instead of something
How can I force f.label to have a lower case initial letter?
f.label :something, “something”
Lasse
Lasse Bunk wrote:
f.label :something, "something"
Well ... that certainly was simple .... but then what is the purpose of the first parameter? What are the downsides to f.label '', "something" ?
Yeah it’s pretty simple
The purpose of the first parameter is to provide an ID for the label and optionally a default text for the label. This is used if you don’t provide a second parameter.
Check out http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html#M001604 and http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html#M001606
Lasse
Ralph Shnelvar wrote:
Lasse Bunk wrote:
f.label :something, "something"
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
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.
Super – glad you found out
Lasse
That's one option. Another, maybe better in the long run, is to use the localization files. Check out the FormHelper docs. en.yml