# Image Link

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/image-link/26175>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [March 12, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/image-link/26175 "2008-03-12T00:09:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![11175](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/8edcca/32.png) [@11175](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11175)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/image-link/26175/1 "2008-03-12T00:09:36Z")

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Hello, I was having problems with a link\_to... How can I use an image as the link instead of text? For example:

\<%= link\_to /images/user\_edit.gif, :controller =\> 'employees', :action =\> 'edit' %\>

This doesn't work... I tried a few variations, such as quotes, double quotes, curly braces, etc... What is the proper way to do this?

Thanks, - Jeff Miller

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**Author:** ![jorgemir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@jorgemir](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/jorgemir)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/image-link/26175/2 "2008-03-12T00:32:37Z")

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try something like:

\<%= link\_to image\_tag('/images/user\_edit.gif'), :controller =\> 'employees', :action

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**Author:** ![11175](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/8edcca/32.png) [@11175](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11175)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/image-link/26175/3 "2008-03-12T00:58:52Z")

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thanks! That worked perfectly!