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user2925656
user2925656

Reputation: 393

rails form_for edit text area

I would like to know if there is a way to add buttons in form_for so they will edit text_area. 

<%= form_for(@post) do |f| %>
<div class="field
<%= f.label :content %><br>
<%= f.text_area :content, :size => "70x20" %>
</div>

this is part of my form_for and I would like to add some buttons with HTML tags which would insert text inside text_area like 

<b></b> <i></i>

Is it possible ? Thank you.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 647

Answers (1)

kddeisz
kddeisz

Reputation: 5192

This is a job for javascript. There are a lot of different resources to check out online.

There are also a lot of prebuilt ones. You can check out (in no particular order):

In very basic javascript, you could do something like:

<%= link_to("Bold", '#', onclick: "myFunction(); return false") %>
<script>
function myFunction() {
  var textArea = document.getElementById('post_content');
  textArea.value += "<b></b>";
}
</script>

Upvotes: 1

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