How do I use the Bootstrap form select css with a Rails model?
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Solution 1
First of all, for bootstrap's form-control
class to work, you must add it to select
tag itself
Per apidoc of rails form select
select(object, method, choices = nil, options = {}, html_options = {}, &block)
you can add html class as
<%= f.select(:ampm, options_for_select([['AM', 1], ['PM', 2]]), {}, {class: "form-control"}) %>
or simply
<%= f.select :ampm, [['AM', 1], ['PM', 2]], {}, {class: "form-control"}) %>
Solution 2
This works for me:
<%= f.select :secretquestion, options_for_select([
["Select One", ""],
"Your nick name",
"your schoool name",
"your love name",
"your comapnay name",
"your favourite website"]),
{}, { class: "form form-group form-control" } %>
Author by
rryyaann22
Updated on December 09, 2020Comments
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rryyaann22 over 3 years
I want to use the Bootstrap css to style a "select" box in a form in a Ruby on Rails app.
On the Bootstrap site, they give this as an example:
<select class="form-control"> <option>1</option> <option>2</option> <option>3</option> <option>4</option> <option>5</option> </select>
However, I can not figure out how to combine this method with my ruby on rails code for the select area I want to do, so that it saves the selected option into the correct column (:ampm here) in my table. This is the code I have currently. It works, but does not have the bootstrap look I want:
<%= f.label :am_or_pm %> <div class="form-control"> <%= f.select(:ampm, options_for_select([['AM', 1], ['PM', 2]])) %> </div>
I have tried a number of ways to integrate the Bootstrap example with my code, but nothing will work. Any help is appreciated.
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rryyaann22 about 10 yearsThank you so much! I really appreciate the help. Worked perfectly!
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routeburn about 2 yearsIf you want the little dropdown arrow, use the class
"form-select"