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Rails button_to - applying css class to button

This is silly, but I just can't figure out how to style the input element created by Rails button_to -- and yes, I've read the docs over and over again and tried the samples. Here's my ERB code: <%= button_to "Claim", action: "claim", idea_id:…
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:confirm in rails not working

I just started coding in ruby on rails and I've been following a guide which is using a more outdated version of rails than I am using. I am using 3.2.12 This is my code: <%= button_to 'Destroy', product, :method => "delete", :confirm => 'Are you…
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Rails button_to using get request when post is specified

So in my rails application I have a button_to on one of my pages. When I click that button on the page, it goes to the appropriate action and does everything I want, BUT: It uses a GET request. When I look in the chrome console under network it…
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rails link_to and button_to with bootstrap button class behaves differently

I've following link_to on show article view page, <%= link_to "Add Pictures", new_picture_path(article_id: @article.id), class: "btn btn-small btn-success" %> This works perfectly by displaying 'link' as a button with the help of "btn"…
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RoR how to get button_to path to /needs/4 instead of /needs.4?

I am still fairly new to RoR and I am trying to delete an object with a button_to delete button. With the code I wrote though, it gets me to /needs.4 instead of /needs/4 when I try to get it to /needs/:id for the destroy method. A "need" is created…
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rails, view does line feed for button_to but not link_to

%p %br %span.footer_links = link_to 'Edit', edit_link_path(@link) = link_to 'Edit', edit_link_path(@link) = button_to 'Delete', @link, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete = button_to 'Delete', @link, :confirm => 'Are…
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Ruby on Rails: Increase value of object in scaffold with button_to

I have a scaffold that generates a table of basketball teams. I want to implement a button in the table that increases the number of wins for a team and another for the losses.By default, both are set to 0 in the controller. Should I implement a…
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rails re-enable button_to after downloading file

I'm using button_to in a page for downloading a PDF file. = button_to "Download Report", evaluation_report_attempt_path, method: :get, class: "btn btn-primary", data: { disable_with: "Downloading..."} There is no page redirection happening here.…
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Rails: Can I test for the presence of a button_to?

My site had dozens of instances of "link_to". I decided to change most of them to "button_to" for better appearance. The lines of my test that used to check for the presence of those links are no good anymore. assert_select "a", :href =>…
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rails controller action AND javascript onclick

I am trying to do both: call a controller action and react to onclick with a javascript function. At the moment, I only can do one thing. Trying with <%= button_to 'Call Action', contoller_action_path, :remote => true, :method =>…
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Multiple buttons pointing to single Controller Action

I am making an app where user can print a doc in either PDF or JPG format, using wicked-pdf and imgkit respectively. I have two buttons, one for PDF and other JPG. Is it possible to have these buttons point to same action in controller which here is…
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rails remote call internal server error 500 in book agile web dev rails 4 - chapter 11

I'm new to rails (my 5th week) and currently I learn with the book "agile web dev with rails 4". I just finished chapter 11 and to my own amusement, I planed to add a remote call to destroy all quantity from a item in the cart. Well, the problem is,…
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button_to works only intermittently, and often results in a "no route" error

Added on edit, 2013-02-11: I should make it clearer that the problem I'm having is not that I can't get the ERB code I write to produce correct HTML code. Rather, it is that my Rails installation sometimes interprets the HTML code correctly, so that…
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Ruby on Rails: How to add additional params to button_to :back?

I'm doing a Rails project for class where a user can enter a search term, the results are displayed (images), then the user can click on an image to get a larger version of it. On the larger version page, I have a button_to :back. <%= button_to…
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HTML content for button_to

I am currently using link_to: <%= link_to edit_webcast_path(@webcast), :class => 'btn' do %> Edit Webcast <% end %> But I want to do the same with button_to, however button_to must have a first label argument passed…
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