Rails passing form_for object to partial

Question

I would like to pass the form_for object to a partial:

<%= form_for @price do |f| %>
   ...
   <%= render :partial => "price_page", :object => @price, :as => :f %>
   ...
<% end %>

When I call:

f.radio_button

Brings the error:

undefined method `radio_button' for #<Price:0x3cb1ed0>

How can I use f as I usually would in this partial?

score 57 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 19 '14 at 06:03

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Try passing form object as local <%= render :partial => "price_page", :locals=>{:f=>f} %>

edited Jun 19 '14 at 06:03

Viren

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answered Sep 03 '12 at 11:27

Amar

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Only problem I had with this is you can't include `nested_form` inside the partial. Returns error. – bcackerman Mar 20 '16 at 21:34

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 03 '12 at 11:31

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You can pass form builder object as a local variable like below,

<%= form_for @price do |f| %>
     <%= render :partial => "price_page", :locals => { :f => f } %>
<% end %>

in your partial file you will be receiving form builder as a local variable "f", you can use like below,

  <% f.radio_button, {} %>

answered Sep 03 '12 at 11:31

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Yea but only a few minutes after! – Brendon Muir Jul 15 '15 at 02:09
Yes, SO i brutal about rushing to be the first to answer. – count0 May 11 '16 at 20:38

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 01 '14 at 21:01

I ran across this question trying to figure out how to get a form builder into a partial without an additional form tag. That's the primary use case I could think of for this question, so I'm adding this answer for future visitors.

To solve my problem, I have my form_for in my layout and I render my partial passing only the model. In my partial I use fields_for.

Looks (something) like this:

= form_for @price do |f|
   ...
   = render partial: "price_page", object: @price, as: 'price %>
   ...

Then, my partial has this:

= fields_for price do |f|
   ...

Rails passing form_for object to partial

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