Is there a method (or way to pull off similar functionality) to do a fields_for_with_index?
Example:
<% f.fields_for_with_index :questions do |builder, index| %>
<%= render 'some_form', :f => builder, :i => index %>
<% end %>
That partial being rendered needs to know what the current index is in the fields_for loop.
This would actually be a better approach, following Rails documentation more closely:
<% @questions.each.with_index do |question,index| %>
<% f.fields_for :questions, question do |fq| %>
# here you have both the 'question' object and the current 'index'
<% end %>
<% end %>
From: http://railsapi.com/doc/rails-v3.0.4/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html#M006456
It’s also possible to specify the instance to be used:
<%= form_for @person do |person_form| %>
...
<% @person.projects.each do |project| %>
<% if project.active? %>
<%= person_form.fields_for :projects, project do |project_fields| %>
Name: <%= project_fields.text_field :name %>
<% end %>
<% end %>
<% end %>
<% end %>
The answer is quite simple as the solution is provided within Rails. You can use f.options params. So, inside your rendered _some_form.html.erb,
Index can be accessed by:
<%= f.options[:child_index] %>
You don't need to do anything else.
Update: It seems that my answer wasn't clear enough...
Original HTML File:
<!-- Main ERB File -->
<% f.fields_for :questions do |builder| %>
<%= render 'some_form', :f => builder %>
<% end %>
Rendered Sub-Form:
<!-- _some_form.html.erb -->
<%= f.options[:child_index] %>
As of Rails 4.0.2, an index is now included in the FormBuilder object:
http://apidock.com/rails/v4.0.2/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper/fields_for
For example:
<%= form_for @person do |person_form| %>
...
<%= person_form.fields_for :projects do |project_fields| %>
Project #<%= project_fields.index %>
...
<% end %>
...
<% end %>
For Rails 4+
<%= form_for @person do |person_form| %>
<%= person_form.fields_for :projects do |project_fields| %>
<%= project_fields.index %>
<% end %>
<% end %>
Monkey Patch For Rails 3 Support
To get f.index to work in Rails 3 you need to add an monkey patch to your projects initializers to add this functionality to fields_for
# config/initializers/fields_for_index_patch.rb
module ActionView
module Helpers
class FormBuilder
def index
@options[:index] || @options[:child_index]
end
def fields_for(record_name, record_object = nil, fields_options = {}, &block)
fields_options, record_object = record_object, nil if record_object.is_a?(Hash) && record_object.extractable_options?
fields_options[:builder] ||= options[:builder]
fields_options[:parent_builder] = self
fields_options[:namespace] = options[:namespace]
case record_name
when String, Symbol
if nested_attributes_association?(record_name)
return fields_for_with_nested_attributes(record_name, record_object, fields_options, block)
end
else
record_object = record_name.is_a?(Array) ? record_name.last : record_name
record_name = ActiveModel::Naming.param_key(record_object)
end
index = if options.has_key?(:index)
options[:index]
elsif defined?(@auto_index)
self.object_name = @object_name.to_s.sub(/\[\]$/,"")
@auto_index
end
record_name = index ? "#{object_name}[#{index}][#{record_name}]" : "#{object_name}[#{record_name}]"
fields_options[:child_index] = index
@template.fields_for(record_name, record_object, fields_options, &block)
end
def fields_for_with_nested_attributes(association_name, association, options, block)
name = "#{object_name}[#{association_name}_attributes]"
association = convert_to_model(association)
if association.respond_to?(:persisted?)
association = [association] if @object.send(association_name).is_a?(Array)
elsif !association.respond_to?(:to_ary)
association = @object.send(association_name)
end
if association.respond_to?(:to_ary)
explicit_child_index = options[:child_index]
output = ActiveSupport::SafeBuffer.new
association.each do |child|
options[:child_index] = nested_child_index(name) unless explicit_child_index
output << fields_for_nested_model("#{name}[#{options[:child_index]}]", child, options, block)
end
output
elsif association
fields_for_nested_model(name, association, options, block)
end
end
end
end
end
Checkout Rendering a collection of partials. If your requirement is that a template needs to iterate over an array and render a sub template for each of the elements.
<%= f.fields_for @parent.children do |children_form| %>
<%= render :partial => 'children', :collection => @parent.children,
:locals => { :f => children_form } %>
<% end %>
This will render “_children.erb“ and pass the local variable 'children' to the template for display. An iteration counter will automatically be made available to the template with a name of the form partial_name_counter. In the case of the example above, the template would be fed children_counter.
Hope this helps.
I can't see a decent way to do this through the ways provided by Rails, at least not in -v3.2.14
@Sheharyar Naseer makes reference to the options hash which can be used to solve the problem but not as far as I can see in the way he seems to suggest.
I did this =>
<%= f.fields_for :blog_posts, {:index => 0} do |g| %>
<%= g.label :gallery_sets_id, "Position #{g.options[:index]}" %>
<%= g.select :gallery_sets_id, @posts.collect { |p| [p.title, p.id] } %>
<%# g.options[:index] += 1 %>
<% end %>
or
<%= f.fields_for :blog_posts do |g| %>
<%= g.label :gallery_sets_id, "Position #{g.object_name.match(/(\d+)]/)[1]}" %>
<%= g.select :gallery_sets_id, @posts.collect { |p| [p.title, p.id] } %>
<% end %>
In my case g.object_name returns a string like this "gallery_set[blog_posts_attributes][2]" for the third field rendered so I just match the index in that string and use it.
Actually a cooler (and maybe cleaner?) way to do it is to pass a lambda and call it to increment.
# /controller.rb
index = 0
@incrementer = -> { index += 1}
And the in the view
<%= f.fields_for :blog_posts do |g| %>
<%= g.label :gallery_sets_id, "Position #{@incrementer.call}" %>
<%= g.select :gallery_sets_id, @posts.collect { |p| [p.title, p.id] } %>
<% end %>
I know that this is a bit late but I recently had to do this you can get the index of the fields_for like this
<% f.fields_for :questions do |builder| %>
<%= render 'some_form', :f => builder, :i => builder.options[:child_index] %>
<% end %>
I hope that this helps :)
If you want to have control over the indexes check out the index option
<%= f.fields_for :other_things_attributes, @thing.other_things.build do |ff| %>
<%= ff.select :days, ['Mon', 'Tues', 'Wed'], index: 2 %>
<%= ff.hidden_field :special_attribute, 24, index: "boi" %>
<%= end =>
This will produce
<select name="thing[other_things_attributes][2][days]" id="thing_other_things_attributes_7_days">
<option value="Mon">Mon</option>
<option value="Tues">Tues</option>
<option value="Wed">Wed</option>
</select>
<input type="hidden" value="24" name="thing[other_things_attributes][boi][special_attribute]" id="thing_other_things_attributes_boi_special_attribute">
If the form is submitted, params will include something like
{
"thing" => {
"other_things_attributes" => {
"2" => {
"days" => "Mon"
},
"boi" => {
"special_attribute" => "24"
}
}
}
I had to use the index option to get my multi-dropdowns to work. Good luck.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4853373/rails-fields-for-with-index