I want to add a default value to a text-input field using simple-form.
With :placeholder it is not used as default....
<%= f.input :user, :placeholder => 'user@example.com' %>
Adding a default value to text-input in simple-form
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On rails 5.1 placeholder: 'aaaaaaaaaaa' works. E.g.
<%= f.input :user, :placeholder => 'user@example.com' %>
will work on rails 5.1
You can do this in the controller and keep data details out of your forms. Instead of this:
def new
@article = Article.new
end
you can do this:
def new
# hardcode default values (as shown) or generate on the fly
@article = Article.new(title: "10 Best Things")
end
The "new" form will open with the default (pre-set) values filled in. This should work with simple-form, plain old Rails, or any other form generator that does does things the Rails way..
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