If I try to use your branch, I get an error if I use a symbol for the
name of the field:

 undefined method `snake_case' for :short_title:Symbol - (NoMethodError)

If unbound forms have to use strings for the name, the documentation
needs to be updated or there will be confusion....

Shalon Wood

Jacques Crocker <[email protected]> writes:

> I made a couple checkins on my up to date 1.0.x merb fork:
>
> Adds some useful specs to better verify label functionality on form
> helpers
> http://github.com/merbjedi/merb/commit/19c2e92706b3ab927d420b3498217964426b9407
>
> Adds extensive specs for all unbound and bound form helpers to verify
> label functionality works correctly. Also includes the fix to merb-
> helpers to make all the specs pass.
> http://github.com/merbjedi/merb/commit/368fb706c969aef574fd921602118ae432cdc286
>
> Please review and let me know if I missed anything. I think this
> should help greatly stabalize the label functionality on the form
> helpers by spec'ing it on all the scenarios.
>
> Thanks
>
> On Feb 4, 1:47 pm, Yehuda Katz <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The class="text" et al is because there's no other way to style a text box
>> in IE6. In IE7+ you can do input[type=text], but for IE6 the attribute
>> selector doesn't exist, so we make all input[type=text] also respond to
>> input.text.
>>
>> -- Yehuda
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Michael D'Auria 
>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > To add to this, the documentation does not mention that a class will
>> > automatically be appended.  This is something that i personally patched a
>> > while back and i see that it has resurfaced again.  Is there a reason why
>> > merb forces a class attribute?
>>
>> > Michael
>>
>> > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Jacques Crocker <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>> >> I fixed the label issue (for attr missing) a little while back (via
>> >> 1.0.6) on bound form elements, but I may have broke it for unbound
>> >> form elements.
>>
>> >> Anyways, here are some form helper spec updates that repro the issue
>>
>> >>http://github.com/merbjedi/merb/commit/19c2e92706b3ab927d420b34982179...
>>
>> >> If you don't get around to it, I should be able to provide a patch for
>> >> this issue tonight. Be another good one to get fixed for 1.0.9
>>
>> >> Thanks
>>
>> >> On Feb 4, 11:45 am, Yehuda Katz <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> > I saw this as well in an app I'm working on. There appears to have been
>> >> a
>> >> > regression with for=. I need to fix this for my own app :)
>>
>> >> > -- Yehuda
>>
>> >> > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Shalon Wood <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >> > > No difference.
>>
>> >> > > <p><%= text_field :name => 'title', :label => "Title" %></p>
>>
>> >> > > produces
>>
>> >> > > <p><label>Title</label><input type="text" class="text"
>> >> name="title"></p>
>>
>> >> > > (And the example in the documentation is
>> >> > > <%= text_field :name => :fav_color, :label => "Your Favorite Color" %>
>> >> > > # => <label for="fav_color">Your Favorite Color</label><input
>> >> type="text"
>> >> > > id="fav_color" name="fav_color" />
>> >> > > )
>>
>> >> > > Shalon Wood
>>
>> >> > > Tony Mann <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>> >> > > >    You might want to try making :name a string, and a not a symbol.
>>
>> >> > > >    ..tony..
>> >>  > > >    On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Shalon Wood <[email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>>
>> >> > > >      According to the documentation for #text_field, this:
>> >> > > >      <%= text_field :name => :title, :label => "Title" %>
>> >> > > >       should generate
>> >> > > >      <label for="title">Title</label><input type="text" id="title"
>> >> > > >      name="title">
>> >> > > >      However, what I'm seeing is this:
>> >> > > >      <p><%= text_field :name => :title, :label => "Title" %></p>
>> >> > > >      <p><%= text_field :name => :short_title, :label => "Short
>> >> title"
>> >> > > >      %></p>
>> >> > > >      <p><%= text_field :name => :file_prefix, :label => "File
>> >> prefix"
>> >> > > >      %></p>
>> >> > > >      <p><%= text_field :name => :keywords, :label => "Keywords"
>> >> %></p>
>> >> > > >      <p><%= text_area :name => :on_release, :rows => 5, :label =>
>> >> > > >      "Scripts to
>> >> > > >      run on release" %></p>
>> >> > > >      <p><%= select :name => :universe_id, :label => "Universe",
>> >> > > >      :collection
>> >> > > >      => @authinfo[:user].universes, :text_method => :name,
>> >> :value_method
>> >> > > >      =>
>> >> > > >      :id %>
>> >> > > >      <p><%= text_area :name => :description, :label => "Description"
>> >> > > >      %></p>
>> >> > > >      <%= hidden_field :name => :flag %>
>> >> > > >      yields:
>> >> > > >      <p><label>Title</label><input type="text" class="text"
>> >> > > >      name="title"></p>
>> >> > > >      <p><label>Short title</label><input type="text" class="text"
>> >> > > >      name="short_title"></p>
>> >> > > >      <p><label>File prefix</label><input type="text" class="text"
>> >> > > >      name="file_prefix"></p>
>> >> > > >      <p><label>Keywords</label><input type="text" class="text"
>> >> > > >      name="keywords"></p>
>> >> > > >      <p><textarea label="Scripts to run on release" rows="5"
>> >> > > >      name="on_release"></textarea></p>
>> >> > > >      <p><label>Universe</label><select
>> >> name="universe_id"></select></p>
>> >> > > >      <p><textarea label="Description"
>> >> name="description"></textarea></p>
>> >> > > >      <input type="hidden" class="hidden" name="flag">
>> >> > > >      Anyone know why?
>> >> > > >      Shalon Wood
>> >> > > >      --
>>
>> >> > > --
>>
>> >> > --
>> >> > Yehuda Katz
>> >> > Developer | Engine Yard
>> >> > (ph) 718.877.1325
>>
>> --
>> Yehuda Katz
>> Developer | Engine Yard
>> (ph) 718.877.1325
> >
>

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