# Re: unpopulated in\_place\_editor\_field not working \[UPDATED\] Easier, cleaner workaround!

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-unpopulated-in-place-editor-field-not-working-updated-easier-cleaner-workaround/135516>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 22, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-unpopulated-in-place-editor-field-not-working-updated-easier-cleaner-workaround/135516 "2008-04-22T20:07:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidjrice](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@davidjrice](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidjrice)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-unpopulated-in-place-editor-field-not-working-updated-easier-cleaner-workaround/135516/1 "2008-04-22T20:07:46Z")

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I’m running Rails 2.2, and have spent waaaay too long unsuccessfully  
trying  
to get the suggestion at

> **[Aku Aku](https://www.akuaku.org/)**
>
> v.. To move a tall, flat bottomed object (such as a bookshelf) by swiveling it alternatively on its corners in a "walking" fashion. \[After the book by Thor Heyerdahl theorizing the statues of Easter Island were moved in this fashion.\] source:...

to work for me. I also considered trying a few other suggestions I  
found,  
but they all felt kludgy.

Then a CSS lightbulb went off over my head! I added this to the top of  
the  
template where I needed a bunch of these blank in\_place\_editor\_fields to  
work:

 .in\_place\_editor\_field:after { content: url(/images/edit\_entry\_12.png) }

WOOOHOOO! It totally works, and doesn’t look too gross.

David R.

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