That would do it. Meanwhile, if you are using form_for, you should do this: <%= f.text_field :first_name %>
The f knows it refers to the person record because you told it so with form_for... On May 14, 9:50 am, Joshua Martin <josmar52...@gmail.com> wrote: > I feel quite stupid now.. Apparently, I had some JQuery for a search textbox > whose job involved incorrectly blanking out all input:text in the page... > Didn't realize it until I simplified the page as much as possible. > > Definitely won't make this mistake again (: > > > > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > On 14 May 2010 14:08, Joshua Martin <josmar52...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > You might need to keep that nickel Bill (: > > > > I've removed all the :size elements from the form and validated the page > > > XHTML strict using W3C's validator. > > > > Yet, the values are not displayed. The values are in the HTML, just not > > > being displayed in the text boxes and text area for some reason. On a > > > related note, I have a drop down and it's value IS set to the object's > > > attribute. > > > Could you put the (complete) html somewhere so we can have a look? > > Strip out everything you can first. > > > Colin > > > > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:04 AM, clanlaw <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 14 May 2010 02:22, Joshua Martin <josmar52...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > I'm using this form in an edit page to update a person. For some weird > > >> > reason, when I view this form in the browser... The text field's value > > >> > is > > >> > set to the person's firstname, but it does not display in the browser. > > > >> > The form works perfectly on Windows (the values are visible in the > > >> > browser), > > >> > but not on Ubuntu Linux. I'm using the same environment setup; same > > >> > Ruby, > > >> > Rails, and gems versions.. > > > >> > <% form_for @person do |f| %> > > >> > <label for="person_firstname">First Name</label> <%= text_field > > >> > :person, > > >> > :firstname, :class => "textbox", :size => "30%" %> > > >> > <br /> > > >> > <%= submit_tag "Update Person", :class => "button button-right" %> > > >> > <% end %> > > > >> If you are getting different display in different browsers then it is > > >> quite likely you have invalid html. Copy the complete text of the > > >> page (View, Page source or simiilar in browser) and paste into the w3c > > >> html validator (google will find it). Alternatively install the great > > >> html validator plugin for firefox which will check it for you as you > > >> develop. > > > >> Colin > > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > >> "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > > >> To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rubyonrails-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > _________________________________ > > > > Joshua S. 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