DRYing up a helper: wrap form_for and access local form variable

Question

I am trying to DRY up a bunch of forms code that has a repeating set of fields appearing at the end of each form. I wrote a helper that wraps around the form_for rails helpe

Answer 1

You could also have used a partial layout, here is the syntax for reference.

Layout partial:

<%= form_for(record_or_name_or_array, :class => my_local_variable) do |f| %>
  <%= f.hidden_field :some_field %>

  <%= yield f %>

  <%= f.submit "Save" %>
<%- end %>

Template or partial where to use layout:

<%= render :layout => "partial_layout_name", :locals => {:my_local_variable => value} do |f| %>

  <%= f.text_field :more_fields_here %>

<%- end %>