Hi Scott, it is an interesting question. I was seeing in the source code and I found that[0]. Basically, rails ask to object if it is persisted or not to create the id. But this is a private method, then you should need to implement this logic in a helper(?) or something.
[0] https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/7a085dac2a2820856cbe6c2ca8c69779ac766a97/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb#L440 Matt's On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Scott Ribe <scott_r...@elevated-dev.com> wrote: > I want to use a form's id in javascript that runs after the DOM is loaded, > so what method would get the form's id for an object? In other words, there > will be erb thus: > > <%= form_for(@obj) do |f| %>...<% end %> > > so what erb would give me the id which that form will get? > > I know I can just give the form a custom id as a workaround, but I really > do not need to change the id, just know what it is. (I also can calculate > it myself pretty easily, but I'd rather use the same method that RoR uses, > for future-proofing.) > > This is all a very small issue, given the multiple easy workarounds. I'm > just surprised that I could not find anything in the docs or forums. (RoR > 3.2, BTW.) > > -- > Scott Ribe > scott_r...@elevated-dev.com > http://www.elevated-dev.com/ > (303) 722-0567 voice > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/94762048-A38E-4D15-82BE-AC936BE37EDD%40elevated-dev.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CALX-aHo2L1o6eRwGzbrYUy3Vg1w2nf_-sLXzXJ4BtUqGmX4ZPw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
