Module: HeadStartRailsHelper

Defined in:
lib/head_start/helpers/head_start_rails_helper.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

create a link that looks like a button using button_link_to instead of link_to this works exactly the same as link_to, but will automatically apply appropriate styling In addition, passing in one of the following classes will add a suitable icon to the button:

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# File 'lib/head_start/helpers/head_start_rails_helper.rb', line 39

def button_link_to(button_text, path, options = {})
  options = add_class "button", options
  name = "<span>#{button_text}</span>".html_safe
  link_to name, path, options
end

#cancel_link(label = "Cancel") ⇒ Object

the cancel_link helper creates link back to the referring page



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# File 'lib/head_start/helpers/head_start_rails_helper.rb', line 46

def cancel_link(label = "Cancel")
    ("or " + link_to( label, :back )).html_safe
end

#context_aware_link_to(name, url, options = {}) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/head_start/helpers/head_start_rails_helper.rb', line 50

def context_aware_link_to(name, url, options = {})
  link = link_to_unless_current(name, url, options) do |name,url,options|
    options = add_class "current", options
    link_to(name,url,options)
  end
  link.html_safe
end

#ie_html(attrs = {}, &block) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/head_start/helpers/head_start_rails_helper.rb', line 17

def ie_html(attrs={}, &block)
  ie_tag(:html, attrs, &block)
end

#ie_tag(name = :body, attrs = {}, &block) ⇒ Object

Create a named haml tag to wrap IE conditional around a block paulirish.com/2008/conditional-stylesheets-vs-css-hacks-answer-neither helper courtesy of Peter Gumeson’s html5-boilerplate gem



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# File 'lib/head_start/helpers/head_start_rails_helper.rb', line 5

def ie_tag(name=:body, attrs={}, &block)
  attrs.symbolize_keys!
  haml_concat("<!--[if lt IE 7]> #{ tag(name, add_class('ie6 oldie', attrs), true) } <![endif]-->".html_safe)
  haml_concat("<!--[if IE 7]>    #{ tag(name, add_class('ie7 oldie', attrs), true) } <![endif]-->".html_safe)
  haml_concat("<!--[if IE 8]>    #{ tag(name, add_class('ie8 oldie', attrs), true) } <![endif]-->".html_safe)
  haml_concat("<!--[if gt IE 8]><!-->".html_safe)
  haml_tag name, attrs do
    haml_concat("<!--<![endif]-->".html_safe)
    block.call
  end
end