classes_for_types

NOTE: this is deprecated software

I wrote this back in 2008, for Rails 1.2 (if I recall correctly). Do not expect it to work nowadays.

Introduction

classes_for_types is a plugin for Ruby on Rails.

In short. Take the following ERB code:

<%= f.text_field :title %>

Without classes_for_types, it renders as:

<input id="thing_title" name="thing[title]" size="30" type="text" />

With classes_for_types, it produces the following output:

<input class="text" id="thing_title" name="thing[title]" size="30" type="text" />

A bit more of detail

This plugin simply adds a class name to tags that include a type attribute. The new class name is equal to the type. This is useful for styling forms, as some popular browsers do not have a CSS engine that supports attribute selectors.

Please note that this behaviour is not restricted to form-related elements. Any HTML element rendered using Rails's tag() helper will be affected. (This includes any standard Rails's helper that renders any tags whatsoever).

License

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. Do whatever you wish with it. See LICENSE.txt for details.