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Ruby Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application Frontend Development Adding Interactivity

Igor Yamshchykov
Igor Yamshchykov
24,397 Points
Posted by Igor Yamshchykov
Igor Yamshchykov
24,397 Points

Can't add class to link method?

I've created a project on my pc, I had installed ruby, rails and all the gems correctly, everything worked fine, but I can't add a class to a link_to

<% link_to "Post a New Status", new_status_path , class: "btn" %>

could someone please help me with that ? Maybe the version of ruby is different and that is causing problems ? I've checked out ruby API and there is class: so I'm a little lost.

Html looks like so

<a href="/statuses/new">New Status</a>

I did also tried to clear cache

1 Answer

Igor Yamshchykov
Igor Yamshchykov
24,397 Points
Igor Yamshchykov
Igor Yamshchykov
24,397 Points

I figured out the problem, I'm sorry for bothering. The problem was - I misspelled the syntax. 

<% link_to "Post a New Status", new_status_path , class: "btn" %>

I've put <% instead of <%=

<%= link_to "Post a New Status", new_status_path , class: "btn" %>

works fine, guess need to install some highlighting ruby code