How to add a class to my anchor?

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Hi,

I have

<%= link_to 'Add a New Prescription', :controller => 'forms', :action => 'new', :class => "sidebar2Text" %>

which is producing

<a href="/easyrx/public/order/new?class=sidebar2Text">Refill a Prescription</a>

How do I make the "class" its own attribute?

Thanks, - Dave

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Try this:

<%= link_to 'Add a New Prescription', {:controller => 'forms', :action=> 'new'}, :class => "sidebar2Text" %>

The link_to method receives 3 parameters, with your call, you were providing just two (the hash was counting as the 2nd one), the 3th parameter is the options hash, were you should put the HTML class.

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laredotornado@zipmail.com wrote:

Hi,

I have

<%= link_to 'Add a New Prescription', :controller => 'forms', :action => 'new', :class => "sidebar2Text" %>

which is producing

<a href="/easyrx/public/order/new?class=sidebar2Text">Refill a Prescription</a>

How do I make the "class" its own attribute?

Thanks, - Dave

Dave,

Since the options hash can include any extra variables as query parameters, you need to make sure that link_to realizes you've moved from the options hash to the html_options hash... you just need to wrap the regular options in {} like this:

<%= link_to 'Add a New Prescription', {:controller => 'forms', :action => 'new'}, :cass => 'sidebar2Text' %>