Method: ActionView::Helpers::FormTagHelper#hidden_field_tag

Defined in:
actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb

#hidden_field_tag(name, value = nil, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Creates a hidden form input field used to transmit data that would be lost due to HTTP’s statelessness or data that should be hidden from the user.

Options

  • Creates standard HTML attributes for the tag.

Examples

hidden_field_tag 'tags_list'
# => <input id="tags_list" name="tags_list" type="hidden" />

hidden_field_tag 'token', 'VUBJKB23UIVI1UU1VOBVI@'
# => <input id="token" name="token" type="hidden" value="VUBJKB23UIVI1UU1VOBVI@" />

hidden_field_tag 'collected_input', '', onchange: "alert('Input collected!')"
# => <input id="collected_input" name="collected_input" onchange="alert('Input collected!')"
#    type="hidden" value="" />



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# File 'actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb', line 219

def hidden_field_tag(name, value = nil, options = {})
  text_field_tag(name, value, options.stringify_keys.update("type" => "hidden"))
end