# How to use LabellingFormBuilder

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-labellingformbuilder/74917>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 7, 2006, 11:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-labellingformbuilder/74917 "2006-11-07T11:01:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Phlip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Phlip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phlip)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 11:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-labellingformbuilder/74917/1 "2006-11-07T11:01:43Z")

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Railsers:

As usual for a product written very rapidly, most of its documentation  
assumes someone else told you something critical.

For example, the file form\_helper.rb tempts me with this documentation:

# \<% form\_for :person, @person, :url =\> { :action =\> “update” },

```
      :builder => LabellingFormBuilder do |f| %>

```

That’s beautiful. Now what do I require() into my controller.rb file  
to get that LabellingFormBuilder identifier? Poking around with  
‘form\_helper’, ‘helper’, etc doesn’t do it.

–  
Phlip  
[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand](http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand) ← NOT a blog!!

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**Author:** ![Phlip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Phlip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Phlip)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 11:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-use-labellingformbuilder/74917/2 "2006-11-07T11:07:24Z")

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Hello Phlip,

2006/11/4, Phlip [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> # \<% form\_for :person, @person, :url =\> { :action =\> “update” },
> 
> ```
> :builder => LabellingFormBuilder do |f| %>
> 
> ```
> 
> That’s beautiful. Now what do I require() into my controller.rb file  
> to get that LabellingFormBuilder identifier? Poking around with  
> ‘form\_helper’, ‘helper’, etc doesn’t do it.

You are supposed to write it yourself. Alternatively, I just  
discovered CSS Form Builder last week:  
[http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/cssformbuilder](http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/cssformbuilder)

## Hope that helps !

François Beausoleil  
[http://blog.teksol.info/](http://blog.teksol.info/)  
[http://piston.rubyforge.org/](http://piston.rubyforge.org/)