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ruby-on-rails-3simple-form
user419017
user419017

Reputation:

simple_form selected: by name

I have a simple_form collection which contains a list of languages. I want to select 'German' by default, but the selected: option in simple_form requires an id. I could obtain the id of 'German' but would hope that wasn't necessary.

= f.association :language, selected: // not sure what to put here

This works, but stinks (I will NOT be using such atrocious code):

= f.association :language, selected: Language.where("name = 'German'").first.id

I would hope for something like:

= f.association :language, selected: { |lan| lan.name == 'German' }

Every example I've found during the last hour involves the id. Not one example of how to select via the name.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1013

Answers (1)

Vasiliy Ermolovich
Vasiliy Ermolovich

Reputation: 24637

Yeah, SimpleForm can accept proc for selected option. In your case the code is:

= f.association :language, selected: lambda { |lan| lan.name == 'German' }

Upvotes: 6

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