FormtasticEnum

An extension for Formtastic¹ to generate select inputs for belongs_to_enum² fields.

Example

In the model class:

class Task < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to_enum :status, { 1 => :new, 2 => :in_progress, 3 => :completed, 4 => :cancelled }
end

And in the view

<% semantic_form_for @task do |form| %>
  <% form.inputs do %>
    <%= form.input :status, :as => :enum %>
  <% end %>
<% end %>

Dependencies

You must have the formtastic gem/plugin and the belongs_to_enum plugin added to your application.

Todo

Test, test, test…

References

¹ Formtastic @ GitHub

² BelongsToEnum @ Github

Copyright © 2009 Paul Smith, released under the MIT license