On 16 ene, 15:35, Jim Burgess <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What is the correct syntax for adding a prompt to a select_tag?
>
> I have this, which works as expected:
> <%= select_tag "author_id", options_from_collection_for_select(@authors,
> :id, :name, @selected_author) %>
>
> When I try and add a prompt, like this:
> <%= select_tag "author_id", options_from_collection_for_select(@authors,
> :id, :name, @selected_author), :prompt => "Please select" %>
>
> I just get:
> <select id="author_id" name="author_id" prompt="Please select">
> <option value="1">Jim</option>
> ...
>
> However, adding a blank field works fine:
> <%= select_tag "author_id", options_from_collection_for_select(@authors,
> :id, :name, @selected_author), :include_blank => true %>
>
> Resulting in:
> <select id="author_id" name="author_id">
> <option value=""></option>
> <option value="1">Jim</option>
> ...
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Ruby 1.9.2p0
> Rails 3.0.5
>
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Have you tried with "options"?
options = {:prompt => 'Please Select'}
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