Text_field_tag options

Hi all,
can someone explain to me how the options for helper text_field_tag
supposed to be written. I really tried a bunch of stuff without success.

For example I need a field with id “query”, so I write
<%= text_field_tag :query %>
which works fine.

But what if I want the field only 5 characters big? I tried among other
<%= text_field_tag :query , options=>{:size=5} %>
which doesnt work.
Any clues?

thanks,
Kleas

Actually I just found it. Its

<%= text_field_tag :query, nil, :size => 5 %>

strangely though if I take out “,nil” it errors.

<…>

But what if I want the field only 5 characters big? I tried among other
<%= text_field_tag :query , options=>{:size=5} %>
which doesnt work.
Any clues?

<%= text_field_tag :query, nil, :size => 5 %>

Regards,
Rimantas

http://rimantas.com/

<…>

<%= text_field_tag :query, nil, :size => 5 %>

There is nothing strange in that.

Syntax is text_field_tag(name, value = nil, options = {})

so it expects value as the second parameter. Until named parameters
are supported you cannot have third parameters without specifying
second .

Regards,
Rimantas

http://rimantas.com/