Embedded HTML in link_to body in Rails

Question

What is the best way to go about getting embedded HTML in the body of a link generated with the link_to method?

I basically want the following:

<a href="##">This is a <strong>link</strong></a>

I have been trying to go about this as suggested in Rails and the <span> tag but with no luck. My code looks like the following:

item_helper.rb

def picture_filter
    #...Some other code up here
    text = "Show items with " + content_tag(:strong, 'pictures')
    link_to text, {:pics => true}, :class => 'highlight'
end

item_view.html.erb

 #...
 <%=raw picture_filter %>
 #...

Valdis · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-15T21:18:20.173

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Try it this way

<%= link_to(raw("a <strong>strong</strong> link"),{:pics => true},{ :class => 'highlight'})  %>

edited Mar 15 '11 at 21:18

answered Mar 15 '11 at 21:12

Valdis

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Applied to my example, the call became: link_to raw(text), {:pics => true}, :class => 'highlight' – Ryan Mar 15 '11 at 21:28

score 62 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 15 '11 at 21:14

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= link_to "http://www.example.com" do
   <strong>strong</strong>

answered Mar 15 '11 at 21:14

mark

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ok I have just: `<%= link_to destroy_user_session_path, method: :delete do %>` – Krzysztof Szewczyk Apr 01 '16 at 11:52

score 32 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 10 '20 at 07:25

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As of 2016 I prefer this method.

<%= link_to my_path do %>
    This is a <strong>ape</strong>
<% end %>

edited Sep 10 '20 at 07:25

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answered May 09 '16 at 11:10

GorillaApe

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I think it should `<%= link_to my_path do %> This is a ape <% end %>` – timlentse Nov 04 '16 at 15:04

score 17 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 23 '14 at 06:49

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you can use html_safe

<%= link_to ("<i class='someIcon'></i> Link").html_safe %>

answered Apr 23 '14 at 06:49

Syed

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score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 15 '11 at 21:22

Not sure if this is the best way.

But I have been very successful in staking alot of the view helpers inside the content_tag call.

It also might not hurt to call a .html_safe

link_to(content_tag(:span, "Show yada " + content_tag(:strong, "Pictures")), {:pics => true})

Embedded HTML in link_to body in Rails

item_helper.rb

item_view.html.erb

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