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Ajey
Ajey

Reputation: 8202

Difference between rails label and label_tag

In rails both label and label_tag seem to work the same. Are there any internal differences on how they are rendered by rails ? And which one is a better to use ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 816

Answers (2)

Nikhil KS
Nikhil KS

Reputation: 1

I'm assuming you mean just label and not f.label. The difference I have seen between using only label and label_tag is that you cannot set custom labels while using only label i.e if you use

label :name, "My Name:
in the view, it will not render My Name but just Name. But if you use

label_tag :name, "My Name:"


It will render My Name on the display.

Upvotes: 0

zwippie
zwippie

Reputation: 15515

Use f.label when you are inside a form object created with form_for(...) do |f| and want to refer to a model-attribute. If your app is i18n-ed, Rails will use the translation to display the attribute name.

Use label_tag when you are not in a form object. (Or you are in a form object but want to create a dummy label for a non-model attribute.)

All form inputs have these two variants, with and without the _tag suffix, like select and select_tag, etc.

Upvotes: 3

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