Adding a current value as a placeholder

Question

In my Controller I have

MessageContent.new(language: "en", body: "Write your english text here", title: "", sender: "Admin")

and in view, I want to add the body as placeholder to my input

 = f.input :body

I have been searching for the answer, but no clue. Thx

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 02 '14 at 11:52

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This should work

# controller
@message_content = MessageContent.new(language: "en", body: "Write your english text here", title: "", sender: "Admin")

# view
= f.input :body, placeholder: @message_content.body

answered Jul 02 '14 at 11:52

Eyeslandic

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actually no. it displays as a normal text, not as a placeholder – ishwr Jul 02 '14 at 11:57
@ishwr It does work, but you of course have to style your placeholder with some css. – Eyeslandic Jul 02 '14 at 12:01
as seen here e.g. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2610497/change-an-inputs-html5-placeholder-color-with-css – Eyeslandic Jul 02 '14 at 12:02

Adding a current value as a placeholder

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