Custom HTML attribute requires a custom helper?

Question

I\'m trying to create a form with some custom data attributes on the inputs:

This seemed

Answer 1

Rails >3.1 has a handy shortcut for data-attributes like this which most HTML-generating helpers support:

<%= f.text_field :question, :data => { :submit_clear => '1' } %>

It can make things more readable when you have a couple of data attributes, e.g.:

<%= f.text_field :question, :data => { :submit_clear => '1', :more_info => 'Ok', :also => 'this' } %>