# How to override form\_helper module

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-override-form-helper-module/194315>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 2, 2010, 11:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-override-form-helper-module/194315 "2010-09-02T11:12:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![gregm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@gregm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gregm)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 11:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-override-form-helper-module/194315/1 "2010-09-02T11:12:00Z")

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Hi,  
I would like to add my own form helper how can I do this without editing  
the Rails source code?

Greg

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**Author:** ![gregm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@gregm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gregm)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 11:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-override-form-helper-module/194315/2 "2010-09-02T11:47:29Z")

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Greg,

There’s plenty of tutorials that you can find in Google:

[http://ramblingsonrails.com/how-to-make-a-custom-form-builder-in-rails](http://ramblingsonrails.com/how-to-make-a-custom-form-builder-in-rails)  
[http://onrails.org/2008/06/13/advanced-rails-studio-custom-form-builder](http://onrails.org/2008/06/13/advanced-rails-studio-custom-form-builder)  
[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2623250/custom-form-helpers](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2623250/custom-form-helpers)

… and more generally:

[http://www.google.com/search?q=custom+form+helper+rails](http://www.google.com/search?q=custom+form+helper+rails)

Does it answer your question?

- A

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**Author:** ![gregm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@gregm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gregm)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-override-form-helper-module/194315/3 "2010-09-02T11:58:47Z")

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Aleksey G. wrote:

> Greg,
> 
> There’s plenty of tutorials that you can find in Google:
> 
> [http://ramblingsonrails.com/how-to-make-a-custom-form-builder-in-rails](http://ramblingsonrails.com/how-to-make-a-custom-form-builder-in-rails)  
> [Advanced Rails Studio: Custom Form Builder](http://onrails.org/2008/06/13/advanced-rails-studio-custom-form-builder)  
> [ruby on rails - Custom form helpers - Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2623250/custom-form-helpers)
> 
> … and more generally:
> 
> [custom form helper rails - Google Search](http://www.google.com/search?q=custom+form+helper+rails)
> 
> Does it answer your question?
> 
> - A

Thank you