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Ruby

Posted by Chris Small
Chris Small
Courses Plus Student 415 Points

Formatting simple form

I've been doing some formatting for the Devise Registration 'Edit' view. There are hints, but when I change the filed to .input I can't work out how to display the 'hint' text below the label, but above the filed input.

Some advise on how to do that would be great.

Additionally I tried using f.input :password, :hint => 'XX' but couldn't work out how to display it as above.

Finally I have looked at using f.input :email, :placeholder =>'xxx' which highlighted the need to make the filed wider. I couldn't get thios working - I tried using a class, but clearly doing something wrong as it's not working. The code is pasted below.

<div><%= f.input :password, :class=>"input-xxlarge", :placeholder => 'Leave blank if you dont want to change it', :autocomplete => "off" %> <br />

2 Answers

Jason Seifer
STAFF
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Jason Seifer
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hey Chris, using "hint" should be correct. Double check everything is set up correctly by following along in the simple_form documentation - https://github.com/plataformatec/simple_form.

Chris Small
PLUS
Chris Small
Courses Plus Student 415 Points
Chris Small
Chris Small
Courses Plus Student 415 Points

HI Jason, when I use 'Hint' it displays it after the field, not between the field and the label. Are you saying it should display it between the label and the field?