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Tamik Soziev
Tamik Soziev

Reputation: 14798

SimpleForm Rails: Specifying checked and unchecked value for checkboxes

I need to set a default checked/unchecked values for a checkbox using simple form in rails, let's say i have a User model who has "subscribed" attribute. So on his profile page i want to output a checkbox which will pass "Yes" value if it's checked. So far i have:

= simple_form_for @user do |user|
= user.input :subscribed, as: :boolean, label: false, inline_label: 'Do you want to subscribe?', value: "yes"

But it still shows 1 as a value of checkbox...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1233

Answers (1)

deefour
deefour

Reputation: 35350

For a boolean attribute like :subscribed, you really should store the value as a boolean. Storing 'yes' or 'no' is not the best idea. My answer will reflect this better practice.

To get a default true value (to have the box checked by default), you could provide a default value for the :subscribed attribute in the User model

after_initialize do
  subscribed = true if subscribed.nil?
end

This would cause the checkbox to be checked by default for users who have not explicitly unsubscribed.

Upvotes: 1

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