FormFu

FormFu is a Rails plugin that enables you to easily build nice, tableless forms

Maintainer Info

Tyler Crocker NeoRails.com

Looking for the one awesome rails developer to add to your project? I may be available to help out. Contact me at [email protected].

Installation

script/plugin install git://github.com/neorails/view_fu.git

Add this to your environment.rb

config.gem 'neorails-form_fu', :version => '>= 0.1', :lib => 'form_fu', :source => 'http://gems.github.com'

Usage

Create a Basic Form for a Model
<% build_form_for @widget do |f| %>
<%= f.text_field :name %>
<%= f.text_area :description %>
<%= f.submit %>
<% end %>

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Create Fields for a Model
<% build_fields_for @address do |a| %>
<%= a.text_field :street %>
<%= a.text_field :city %>
<%= a.select :state, State.to_select %>
<% end %>

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Set up a label
<%= f.text_field :name, :label => "Enter Your Name" %>  

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Change the separator
<%= f.text_field :name, :separator => "" %>

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Take a Block (adds it to the field div)
<% f.text_field :name do %>
<div class="hint">
  please enter your name...
</div>
<% end %>

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Add options to the field
<%= f.text_field :name, :field => {:class => "left"} %>

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Add an Error Messages Summary
<%= f.error_messages %>
                             
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Try my other plugins

If you like FormFu, you'll love ViewFu. It will help you deal with Stylesheets, Javascripts, Page titles, and adds tons of useful view helper methods. https://github.com/neorails/view_fu