Re: help needed with where and how best to set a param

Yes, you're in the right ballpark.  There are a few different ways you
could go.

First, I'd recommend that you piggyback on that 'option' hash.  I'd
probably use a value like 'required_field' or something like that.
From that point you have the options.  One way to approach it would be
to use option[:required_field] to add a css class to the field.

    @template.capture do
      locals = {
        :element => yield,
        :label   => label(field, options[:label], :class=>
options[:required_field] ? 'required' : 'label')
      }

Another option would be to just add a '*' to the label.  Right before
the call to 'build_shell':

options[:label] ||= field.to_s.humanize # default value for label if
none was provide
options[:label] << " *" if options[:required_field] # Add asterisk if
requred

On May 20, 4:11 pm, Becca Girl <rails-mailing-l...@...>
wrote:
> AndyV wrote:
>
>  If you follow the logic presented in the recipe you should be
>
> > able to extend it to denote required fields, too.  You should be able
> > to provide a 'required' attribute in a similar way they provide the
> > override for the label.
>
> I'm still learning my way around RoR.  I see this in the DRY Forms
> helper code:
>
>     @template.capture do
>       locals = {
>         :element => yield,
>         :label   => label(field, options[:label])
>       }
>
> Would I add something there to designate that I need the required fields
> to look a little different?
>
> Here's the form field template and how it's displayed:
>   <span class="label">
>     <%= label %>
>   </span>
>
> So if it's required, I want to add a red asterisk.
>
> Thanks for helping a newbie.
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