# How to add radio buttons?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-add-radio-buttons/183601>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 17, 2010, 6:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-add-radio-buttons/183601 "2010-02-17T06:57:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![veena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@veena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/veena)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 6:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-add-radio-buttons/183601/1 "2010-02-17T06:57:57Z")

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Hello friends,

Can u plz tell me how we can add radio buttons in the view?

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**Author:** ![veena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@veena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/veena)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 7:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-add-radio-buttons/183601/2 "2010-02-17T07:32:54Z")

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Hello,

Rails provides view helpers for creating such input fields

following helper method creates radio button

_radio\_button_(object\_name, method, tag\_value, options = {})

for more information look at rails helper API doc at

> **[ActionView::Helpers::FormHelper](https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html#M001613)**
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> Form helpers are designed to make working with resources much easier compared to using vanilla HTML.

Regards,  
Narendra

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**Author:** ![veena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@veena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/veena)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 9:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-add-radio-buttons/183601/3 "2010-02-17T09:23:30Z")

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Hi,

\<%= radio\_button :contact\_preference, “0”, :checked =\>  
true, :tabindex =\> “1” %\>Email  
\<%= radio\_button :contact\_preference, “1”, :checked =\>  
false, :tabindex =\> “2” %\>Phone

something like this will do.

Thanks  
Amal