Im trying to understand how to adapt this tutorial to make a carousel helper that I can use in my Rails 4 app.
https://www.toptal.com/ruby-on-rails/rails-helper-bootstrap-carousel
I have made the helper as:
module CarouselHelper
def carousel_for(images)
Carousel.new(self, images).html
end
class Carousel
def initialize(view, images)
@view, @images = view, images
@uid = SecureRandom.hex(6)
end
def html
content = safe_join([indicators, slides, controls])
content_tag(:div, content, id: uid, class: 'carousel slide')
end
private
attr_accessor :view, :images, :uid
delegate :link_to, :content_tag, :image_tag, :safe_join, to: :view
def indicators
items = images.count.times.map { |index| indicator_tag(index) }
content_tag(:ol, safe_join(items), class: 'carousel-indicators')
end
def indicator_tag(index)
options = {
class: (index.zero? ? 'active' : ''),
data: {
target: uid,
slide_to: index
}
}
content_tag(:li, '', options)
end
def slides
items = images.map.with_index { |image, index| slide_tag(image, index.zero?) }
content_tag(:div, safe_join(items), class: 'carousel-inner')
end
def slide_tag(image, is_active)
options = {
class: (is_active ? 'item active' : 'item'),
}
content_tag(:div, image_tag(image), options)
end
def controls
safe_join([control_tag('left'), control_tag('right')])
end
def control_tag(direction)
options = {
class: "#{direction} carousel-control",
data: { slide: direction == 'left' ? 'prev' : 'next' }
}
icon = content_tag(:i, '', class: "glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-#{direction}")
control = link_to(icon, "##{uid}", options)
end
end
end
I'm then trying to use it in my projects show view.
I have:
<% @project.galleries.order(created_at: :asc).each do |gallery| %>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-8">
<%= carousel_for(gallery.image, alt: "gallery.image_alt") %>
</div>
<div class="col-md-4 colored">
<p class='medium-text'><%= gallery.image_description %></p>
</div>
</div>
<% end %>
I have a projects model and a gallery model. The associations are:
Project.rb
has_many :galleries
accepts_nested_attributes_for :galleries, reject_if: :all_blank, allow_destroy: true
Gallery.rb
belongs_to :project
The Gallery table has an :image attribute.
I want the carousel cycle through each image.
The tutorial doesnt go as far as showing how to plug the carousel in to other models, so I'm not sure if I need to incorporate it somehow in the gallery or project models.
At the moment, if I try this, I get an error that says:
wrong number of arguments (given 2, expected 1)
The message highlights this line of the helper:
def carousel_for(images)
Can anyone see what the next steps are to get this working?
PRAVESH'S SUGGESTION
Taking Pravesh's suggestion, I tried the following. I had to comment image_description caption because it was giving an undefined method error (image_description is an attribute on my gallery table. I can't figure out how to implement this suggestion to get the carousel working. At best it just shows a text path to an image link (i think thats what it is at least). The controls don't work and the subsequent images/paths don't show.
<% if @project.galleries == @project.galleries.order(created_at: :asc).first%>
<div class="item active">
<%= carousel_for(@project.galleries) %>
<div class="carousel-caption">
<p class='medium-text'><%#= @project.galleries.image_description %></p>
</div>
</div>
<% else %>
<div class="item">
<%= carousel_for(@project.galleries) %>
<div class="carousel-caption">
<p class='medium-text'><%#= @project.galleries.image_description %></p>
</div>
</div>
<% end %>
PRAVESH'S 2nd SUGGESTION
<% @project.galleries.order(created_at: :asc).each do |gallery| %>
<% if gallery == @project.galleries.order(created_at: :asc).first%>
<div class="item active"> //since you need the first image as active
<%= carousel_for(gallery.image) %>
<div class="carousel-caption">
<p class='medium-text'><%= gallery.image_description %></p>
</div>
</div>
<% else %>
<div class="item"> // for the rest of the images
<%= carousel_for(@project.galleries.order(created_at: :asc)) %>
<div class="carousel-caption">
<p class='medium-text'><%= gallery.image_description %></p>
</div>
</div>
<% end %>
<% end %>
Gives this error: undefined method `count' for #
Which is the same one that I started out with