How can I append a text_field_tag to a form_for?

Rails
1

Hello people,

how can I append a text_field_tag to a form_for? When I submit the form
all text_field_tags are not being appended to the params…

2

You probably just have a typo in your code…

If you include a

<%= text_field_tag ‘firstname’ %>

in your form, then you can get the value in the controller using

params[:firstname]

If you use nested resources, a

<%= text_field_tag ‘user[firstname]’ %>

in your form, will result in

params[:user][:firstname]

in your controller.

Regards,
Tom

3

I have it exactly like you said:
<%= text_field_tag “type[#{cat.name}]”, 0, :size => 1, :id =>
“type_#{cat.id}”, :disabled => true %>
or rather:

But I only get the fields used with the form_for (all form.text_field
inputs). None of the text_field_tags is in the params array.

4

Disabled items don’t come back in the params, perhaps you need a hidden
field?

I just tweaked the first name field on a person edit form to be
disabled, and the value did not come back in the params.

5

Yeah, that was it. Thanks :slight_smile: