Rails 3 - link_to with image_tag + text

Question

<%= link_to ((image_tag 'image.png'), 
        url_for({:controller => 'controller_name', :action => 'action_name'}), 
            :class => 'quick', 
            :remote => true) %>

This part of code will generate me image.png as a link. I would need to this image append some text (image + text), I tried something like a:

<%= link_to ((image_tag 'image.png', 'text'), 
        url_for({:controller => 'controller_name', :action => 'action_name'}), 
            :class => 'quick', 
            :remote => true) %>

And similar ways, but each of these attempts ended with an error message about bad syntax... Could anyone help me, please, how I should set it right?

Thanks in advance.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5387122/link-to-image-tag-with-text-in-rails — Dave Newton, Sep 14 '11 at 10:51

score 49 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 14 '11 at 10:53

49

Try this.

<%= link_to image_tag('/images/image.png') + "some extra text", url_for({:controller => 'controller_name', :action => 'action_name'}), :class => 'quick', :remote => true %>

answered Sep 14 '11 at 10:53

Muhammad Sannan Khalid

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Also the image_tag bit needs to come first, if it comes after the '+' it will be escaped – Steve Apr 14 '12 at 07:58
You should change the answer according Rails 3 syntax. – gotqn May 04 '13 at 20:54

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 17 '14 at 02:47

12

A slightly sexier solution?

<%= link_to image_tag("image.png", :alt => "Image Description", :class => "css"), root_path %>

answered Aug 17 '14 at 02:47

Andrew Hendrie

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 14 '11 at 10:46

Try this:

<%= link_to (image_tag('image.png') + text, 
        url_for({:controller => 'controller_name', :action => 'action_name'}), 
            :class => 'quick', 
            :remote => true) %>

The first argument is the text part and with image_tag you create HTML, but you can easily append stuff.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 20 '14 at 04:41

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I used the following and it works just fine:

<%= link_to image_tag("logo.jpg"), controller: 'welcome' %>

answered Jul 20 '14 at 04:41

Nazarii Muliak · Answer 5 · 2023-01-27T16:20:56.740

I know it`s too late, but maybe someone trying to find the answer, so. The right answer is:

<%= link_to image_tag(product.image_url), line_items_path(product_id: product), method: :post, remote: true %>

In this case, we need to specify what exact action we want to perform, by clicking on this image, if we are using button_to helper, we don't need to specify the action, but button helper doesn`t support image tags

Rails 3 - link_to with image_tag + text

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