rails check_box_tag set checked with default value

Question

I currently have a rails check_box_tag call that looks like

check_box_tag #{name}

I want to include a checked attribute, which I know I can do

Answer 1

There are no ways to do it directly. But the check_box_tag implementation is trivial, you can monkey patch it or create own helper.

Original implementation:

  def check_box_tag(name, value = "1", checked = false, options = {})
    html_options = { "type" => "checkbox", "name" => name, "id" => sanitize_to_id(name), "value" => value }.update(options.stringify_keys)
    html_options["checked"] = "checked" if checked
    tag :input, html_options
  end