# Rails UI widgets

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-ui-widgets/162097>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 5, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-ui-widgets/162097 "2009-03-05T17:56:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruparel)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-ui-widgets/162097/1 "2009-03-05T17:56:40Z")

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Are there any popular plugins/gems for creating/generating rails UI  
elements such as navigation, progress bar, forms, tabular displays etc?  
Seems like I am doing that over and over again and differently each  
time?  
Let me clarify my question: while everyone is free to choose whatever  
they want for authentication, it seems like most people use  
Restful\_authentication plugin. Similarly, are there any such popular  
plugins/gems for Rails driven UI?  
Thanks for your time.  
Bharat

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**Author:** ![bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruparel)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-ui-widgets/162097/2 "2009-03-05T23:16:23Z")

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Bharat R. wrote:

> Are there any popular plugins/gems for creating/generating rails UI  
> elements such as navigation, progress bar, forms, tabular displays etc?  
> Seems like I am doing that over and over again and differently each  
> time?  
> Let me clarify my question: while everyone is free to choose whatever  
> they want for authentication, it seems like most people use  
> Restful\_authentication plugin. Similarly, are there any such popular  
> plugins/gems for Rails driven UI?  
> Thanks for your time.  
> Bharat

Humm. This is a tough one. People have vastly different preferences  
here. Rails, by default, includes Prototype/Script.aculo.us, but people  
are using a wide range of libraries including jQuery, Dojo, YUI.

I get the feeling that the Rails team isn’t terribly interested in  
making this particular decision for you like they do in so many areas.  
In fact the trend is going the other way. Making it easier to choose  
what you like. Read up on Rails 3.0 and I’ll see what I’m getting at.

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**Author:** ![bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@bruparel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bruparel)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-ui-widgets/162097/3 "2009-03-05T23:30:53Z")

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Robert W. wrote:

> Read up on Rails 3.0 and I’ll see what I’m getting at.

It supports reflection?