How to make the f.select rails selected

Question

It\'s my code:

<%= f.select :area, options_for_select([[\'a\',\'a\'],[\'b\',\'b\'],[\'c\',\'c\']]), {}, {:class => \'span3 controls controls-row\'}, :selec         


        

Answer 1

You should pass :selected option to options_for_select method, like this:

<%= f.select :area, options_for_select([['a','a'],['b','b'],['c','c']], :selected => params[:area]), {}, { :class => 'span3 controls controls-row' } %>