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equivalent8
equivalent8

Reputation: 14227

simple form association as hidden field

I'm trying to pass association values as hidden field in simple form

so same functionality like when you do ...

= simple form for @document do |f|
 = f.association :clients

...but will generate hidden field insted

I'm trying to do it as this 

  = f.association :clients, as: hidden

but that wont work obviously

only thing that works for me is 

%input{ name: 'document[client_ids][]', value: '1'}
%input{ name: 'document[client_ids][]', value: '2'}
%input{ name: 'document[client_ids][]', value: '3'}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6429

Answers (3)

TwiceB
TwiceB

Reputation: 959

An array is sent on submit from associations in simple form. The following will allow for this using a hidden field:

  <%= f.hidden_field('client_ids][', value: "some value") %>

(Note: The reversed brackets are important)

Upvotes: 1

Michael Durrant
Michael Durrant

Reputation: 96454

Maybe

=f.hidden_field :client_id, :value => "some value"

but I think you'd be better of explaining the bigger picture and then we can suggest a suitable rails answer for you. In most cases using hidden fields is a sign that something should be done a better way.

Upvotes: 2

Vasiliy Ermolovich
Vasiliy Ermolovich

Reputation: 24617

I think 

<%= f.association :clients, input_html: { hidden: true } %>

should work.

Upvotes: 0

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