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Copyright 2012 Zachary G. Wright
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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# Bootstrap2FormBuilder
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*Supports Bootstrap 2*
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This gem adds a helper to all of your views called bootstrap_form_for, which generates a form for a given model object
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and fields with HTML and CSS markup that works with the [Twitter bootstrap](http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/)
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library.
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## Install
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Add to your gemfile:
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```ruby
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gem "bootstrap2_form_builder"
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```
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After bundling the gem run
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```console
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rails g bootstrap2_form_builder:install
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```
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This will create a partial called error_messages that will contain formatted errors on the object the form is for. This
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generator also takes an option to use HAML (it uses erb by default):
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```console
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rails g bootstrap2_form_builder:install -t haml
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```
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## Usage
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Lets say you have a Person model with required attributes name and email, and an optional attribute of website.
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In your persons_controller in the new action you would set a variable @person = Person.new, which would be handed off
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to your view.
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In your view, call bootstrap_form_for just like you would a regular form_for, except leave out labels and most other
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typical markup.
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For exmaple:
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```ruby
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<%= bootstrap_form_for @person do |form| %>
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<%= form.text_field :name %>
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<%= form.text_field :email %>
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<%= form.text_field :website %>
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<% end %>
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```
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This will generate HTML like this:
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```html
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<form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/people" class="new_person" id="new_person" method="post">
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<div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline">
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<input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓">
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<input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="Edx7gjTOLinEOXqab7LweFhWlJh5uO6Js2l6exeCrwA="></div>
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<div class="control-group">
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<label class="control-label required" for="person_name">Name</label>
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<div class="controls">
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<input id="person_name" name="person[name]" size="30" type="text">
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</div>
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<div class="control-group">
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<label class="control-label required" for="person_email">Email</label>
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<div class="controls">
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<input id="person_email" name="person[email]" size="30" type="text">
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<label class="control-label" for="person_website">Website</label>
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presence validator for that attribute on the model.
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* :label - Lets you define a custom label
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##Configuration
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and exmaple options.
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#!/usr/bin/env rake
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RDoc::Task.new(:rdoc) do |rdoc|
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rdoc.title = 'Bootstrap2FormBuilder'
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require 'bootstrap2_form_builder/form_builder'
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module Bootstrap2FormBuilder
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mattr_reader :error_partial
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mattr_writer :error_partial
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@@error_partial = nil
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mattr_writer :default_form_layout
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def self.setup
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module BootstrapFormHelper
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def bootstrap_form_for(name, *args, &block)
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options = args.extract_options!
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target = name
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#Default form class to form-horizontal.
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form_html = {:html => {:class => Bootstrap2FormBuilder.default_form_layout}}
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#Work our default class back into the form options. Defer to whatever is passed in if present
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options.merge!(form_html) do |html_key, passed_in_html, default_html|
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passed_in_html.merge(default_html) do |key, oldval, newval|
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oldval
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partial_location = Bootstrap2FormBuilder.error_partial || "bootstrap2_form_builder/error_messages"
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render(partial_location, :target => target) + form_for(name, *(args << options.merge(:builder => Bootstrap2FormBuilder::FormBuilder)), &block)
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module Bootstrap2FormBuilder
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class FormBuilder < ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder
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#Replace form submit input with styled buttons
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def submit(label, *args)
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Generates form fields that work with Twitter Bootstrap. Automatically marks required things as required and places errors
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on matching inputs.
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def self.create_tagged_field(method_name)
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define_method(method_name) do |label, *args|
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module Bootstrap2FormBuilder
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module Generators
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source_root File.expand_path("../../templates/bootstrap2_form_builder", __FILE__)
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class_option :view_engine, :type => :string, :aliases => "-t", :desc => "Template engine for the views. Available options are 'erb' and 'haml'.", :default => "erb"
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