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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 15, 2006, 12:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/link-to-remote-html-options-example/68781 "2006-09-15T12:41:40Z")\
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**Author:**  [@cliffeh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cliffeh)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 12:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/link-to-remote-html-options-example/68781/1 "2006-09-15T12:41:40Z")
Can anyone give me an example of using html\_options with
link\_to\_remote? I’d like to set (for instance) the CSS Class on the
resulting link. I’ve tried this sort of thing:
\<%= link\_to\_remote ‘Text’, :url =\> {:action =\> ‘myaction’, :id =\>
myobject.id}, :html\_options =\> {:class =\> ‘myclass’} %\>
Everything works OK except that it ignores the HTML options.
Thanks,
Cliffe
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**Author:**  [@cliffeh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cliffeh)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/link-to-remote-html-options-example/68781/2 "2006-09-15T12:51:42Z")
cliffeh wrote:
> Can anyone give me an example of using html\_options with
> link\_to\_remote? I’d like to set (for instance) the CSS Class on the
> resulting link. I’ve tried this sort of thing:
>
> \<%= link\_to\_remote ‘Text’, :url =\> {:action =\> ‘myaction’, :id =\>
> myobject.id}, :html\_options =\> {:class =\> ‘myclass’} %\>
drop the :html\_options =\> part…
eg.
\<%= link\_to\_remote ‘Text’, :url =\> {:action =\> ‘myaction’, :id =\>
myobject.id}, :class =\> ‘myclass’ %\>
I think that should work…
G
> Everything works OK except that it ignores the HTML options.
>
> Thanks,
> Cliffe
>
> >
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**Author:**  [@cliffeh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cliffeh)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/link-to-remote-html-options-example/68781/3 "2006-09-15T12:55:43Z")
> Can anyone give me an example of using html\_options with
> link\_to\_remote? I’d like to set (for instance) the CSS Class on the
> resulting link. I’ve tried this sort of thing:
>
> \<%= link\_to\_remote ‘Text’, :url =\> {:action =\> ‘myaction’, :id =\>
> myobject.id}, :html\_options =\> {:class =\> ‘myclass’} %\>
In your case Rails cannot tell where does options parameter hash end and
html\_options hash begins.
Try that:
\<%= link\_to\_remote ‘Text’, {:url =\> {:action =\> ‘myaction’, :id =\>
myobject.id}}, {:class =\> ‘myclass’} %\>
## Regards, Rimantas
[http://rimantas.com/](http://rimantas.com/)
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**Author:**  [@cliffeh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cliffeh)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/link-to-remote-html-options-example/68781/4 "2006-09-15T13:09:47Z")
> drop the :html\_options =\> part…
> eg.
>
> \<%= link\_to\_remote ‘Text’, :url =\> {:action =\> ‘myaction’, :id =\> myobject.id}, :class =\> ‘myclass’ %\>
> I think that should work…
You are right about :html\_options, but this still will not work,
because ‘options’ hash will
swallow both :url and :class leaving ‘html\_options’ empty.
When using html\_options, make sure Rails can tell them from options,
i.e. use curly
braces for options:
\<%= link\_to\_remote ‘Text’, {:url =\> {:action =\> ‘myaction’, :id =\>
myobject.id}}, :class =\> ‘myclass’ %\>
## Regards, Rimantas
[http://rimantas.com/](http://rimantas.com/)