How I can add checkbox with simple_form without association with model?
I want to create checkbox which will handle some javascript events, but don't know?
Maybe I miss something in documentation?
Want't to use similar like following:
= simple_form_for(resource, as: resource_name, url: session_url(resource_name), wrapper: :inline) do |f|
.inputs
= f.input :email, required: false, autofocus: true
= f.input :password, required: false
= f.input :remember_me, as: :boolean if devise_mapping.rememberable?
= my_checkbox, 'some text'
You can add a custom attribute to the model:
class Resource < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessor :custom_field
end
Then use this field as block:
= f.input :custom_field, :label => false do
= check_box_tag :some_name
Try to find "Wrapping Rails Form Helpers" in their documentation https://github.com/plataformatec/simple_form
You could use
f.input :field_name, as: :boolean
The command proposed by huoxito does not work (at least not in Rails 4). As far as I figured out the error is caused by Rails trying to look up the default value for :custom_field
, but because this field does not exists this lookup fails and an exception is thrown.
However, it works if you specify a default value for the field using the :input_html
parameter, e.g. like this:
= f.input :custom_field, :as => :boolean, :input_html => { :checked => "checked" }
This question comes first on google with no appropriate answer.
Since Simple Form 3.1.0.rc1 there is a proper way of doing it explained on the wiki: https://github.com/plataformatec/simple_form/wiki/Create-a-fake-input-that-does-NOT-read-attributes
app/inputs/fake_input.rb
:
class FakeInput < SimpleForm::Inputs::StringInput
# This method only create a basic input without reading any value from object
def input(wrapper_options = nil)
merged_input_options = merge_wrapper_options(input_html_options, wrapper_options)
template.text_field_tag(attribute_name, nil, merged_input_options)
end
end
Then you can do <%= f.input :thing, as: :fake %>
For this specific question you have to change the second line of the method to:
template.check_box_tag(attribute_name, nil, merged_input_options)
For versions prior 3.1.0.rc1 admgc gave a solution that is adding the missing method merge_wrapper_options
:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/26331237/2055246
Add this to app/inputs/arbitrary_boolean_input.rb
:
class ArbitraryBooleanInput < SimpleForm::Inputs::BooleanInput
def input(wrapper_options = nil)
tag_name = "#{@builder.object_name}[#{attribute_name}]"
template.check_box_tag(tag_name, options['value'] || 1, options['checked'], options)
end
end
then use it in your views like:
= simple_form_for(@some_object, remote: true, method: :put) do |f|
= f.simple_fields_for @some_object.some_nested_object do |nested_f|
= nested_f.input :some_param, as: :arbitrary_boolean
i.e. The above implementation supports nested fields correctly. Other solutions I've seen do not.
Note: This example is HAML.