View Helpers

• authenticityTokenField() — Returns a hidden form field containing a new authenticity token.
• autoLink() — Turns all URLs and email addresses into links.
• buttonTag() — Builds and returns a string containing a button form control.
• buttonTo() — Creates a form containing a single button that submits to the URL.
• checkBox() — Builds and returns a string containing a check box form control based on the supplied name.
• checkBoxTag() — Builds and returns a string containing a check box form control based on the supplied name.
• contentFor() — Used to store a section’s output for rendering within a layout.
• contentForLayout() — Includes content for the body section, which equates to the output generated by the view template run by the request.
• csrfMetaTags() — Include this in your layouts’ head sections to include meta tags containing the authenticity token for use
• cycle() — Cycles through list values every time it is called.
• dateSelect() — Builds and returns a string containing three select form controls for month, day, and year based on the sup
• dateSelectTags() — Builds and returns a string containing three select form controls (month, day, and year) based on a name an
• dateTimeSelect() — Builds and returns a string containing six select form controls (three for date selection and the remaining
• dateTimeSelectTags() — Builds and returns a string containing six select form controls (three for date selection and the remaining
• daySelectTag() — Builds and returns a string containing a select form control for the days of the week based on the supplied
• endFormTag() — Builds and returns a string containing the closing form tag.
• errorMessageOn() — Returns the error message, if one exists, on the object’s property.
• errorMessagesFor() — Builds and returns a list (ul tag with a default class of error-messages) contain
• fileField() — Builds and returns a string containing a file field form control based on the supplied objectName and property.
• fileFieldTag() — Builds and returns a string containing a file form control based on the supplied name.
• flashMessages() — Displays a marked-up listing of messages that exist in the Flash.
• hasManyCheckBox() — Used as a shortcut to output the proper form elements for an association.
• hasManyRadioButton() — Used as a shortcut to output the proper form elements for an association.
• hiddenField() — Builds and returns a string containing a hidden field form control based on the supplied objectName and property.
• hiddenFieldTag() — Builds and returns a string containing a hidden field form control based on the supplied name.
• highlight() — Highlights the phrase(s) everywhere in the text if found by wrapping them in span tags.
• hourSelectTag() — Builds and returns a string containing one select form control for the hours of the day based on the suppli
• imageTag() — Returns an img tag.
• includeContent() — Used to output the content for a particular section in a layout.
• includedInObject() — Used as a shortcut to check if the specified IDs are a part of the main form object.
• includeLayout() — Includes the contents of another layout file.
• includePartial() — Includes the specified partial file in the view.
• javaScriptIncludeTag() — Returns a script tag for a JavaScript file (or several) based on the supplied arguments.
• linkTo() — Creates a link to another page in your application.
• mailTo() — Creates a mailto link tag to the specified email address, which is also used as the name of the link unless
• minuteSelectTag() — Builds and returns a string containing one select form control for the minutes of an hour based on the supp
• monthSelectTag() — Builds and returns a string containing a select form control for the months of the year based on the suppli
• paginationLinks() — Builds and returns a string containing links to pages based on a paginated query.
• passwordField() — Builds and returns a string containing a password field form control based on the supplied objectName and property.
• passwordFieldTag() — Builds and returns a string containing a password field form control based on the supplied name.
• radioButton() — Builds and returns a string containing a radio button form control based on the supplied objectName and property.
• radioButtonTag() — Builds and returns a string containing a radio button form control based on the supplied name.
• resetCycle() — Resets a cycle so that it starts from the first list value the next time it is called.
• secondSelectTag() — Builds and returns a string containing one select form control for the seconds of a minute based on the sup
• select() — Builds and returns a string containing a select form control based on the supplied objectName and property.
• selectTag() — Builds and returns a string containing a select form control based on the supplied name and options.
• simpleFormat() — Returns formatted text using HTML break tags (
) and HTML paragraph elements (
  ) base
• startFormTag() — Builds and returns a string containing the opening form tag.
• stripLinks() — Removes all links from an HTML string, leaving just the link text.
• stripTags() — Removes all HTML tags from a string.
• styleSheetLinkTag() — Returns a link tag for a stylesheet (or several) based on the supplied arguments.
• submitTag() — Builds and returns a string containing a submit button form control.
• textArea() — Builds and returns a string containing a text area field form control based on the supplied objectName and property.
• textAreaTag() — Builds and returns a string containing a text area form control based on the supplied name.
• textField() — Builds and returns a string containing a text field form control based on the supplied objectName and property.
• textFieldTag() — Builds and returns a string containing a text field form control based on the supplied name.
• timeSelect() — Builds and returns a string containing three select form controls for hour, minute, and second based on the
• timeSelectTags() — Builds and returns a string containing three select form controls for hour, minute, and second based on nam
• yearSelectTag() — Builds and returns a string containing a select form control for a range of years based on the supplied nam