How can I make a check box default to being “checked” in Rails 1.2.3?

Question

How can I make a check box default to being \"checked\" when it is initially displayed?

I\'ve not found a \"Rails\" way to do this (that works) so I did it with JavaScr

Answer 1

In your controller's new action, try:

@user = User.new(:male => true)

Where :male is the attribute you want checked by default on the /users/new pages. This will pass the :male attribute to the view with a value of true, resulting in a checked box.