simple_forms custom data attribute

ruby-on-rails ruby-on-rails-3.1 simple-form
Ynv picture Ynv · Nov 30, 2011 · Viewed 20.7k times · Source

I would like to have an additional data attribute on an input tag generated by simple_form. The following does not work:

<%= f.input :date, :as => 'date_picker', :data => {:datepicker => :datepicker}  %>

How could this be done? Is it possible at all? As you might have guessed: I am trying to add bootstrap-datepicker to my site without using explicit js to initialize the date picker.

Answer

rafaelfranca picture rafaelfranca · Nov 30, 2011

The correct API is:

f.input :date, :as => 'date_picker', :input_html => { :data => {:datepicker => :datepicker} }

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