New to rails and like to integrate the following script "font awesome character" to left side of the words "edit profile" however tried a few ways and its appears below the nav and unable to link. the two pieces to integrate is the link:
<%= link_to "Edit Profile", edit_user_registration_path %>
<i class="fa fa-pencil" aria-hidden="true"></i>
How i integrate the two
Thank you for any support
You can pass a block to a link to add content to the anchor tag
Documentation
<%= link_to(edit_user_registration_path) do %>
<i class="fa fa-pencil" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Edit Profile
<% end %>
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Im trying to figure out how to make a link in my show page.
I want a link to
<%= #project.external_link %>.
I want to display it as:
<%= link_to '<i class="fa fa-link"></i>' %>
I've tried at least 20 variations on combining these two and I can't find a way that works.
Does anyone know how to display a font awesome icon, with a link to a dynamic field?
Try this:
<%= link_to #project.external_link do %>
<i class="fa fa-link"></i>
<% end %>
Try using :
<i class="fa fa-link"></i>
I'm using a series of link_to blocks to create buttons in my application. However I'm finding that these links don't end up working. As I mouse-over the button, it recognizes the link, the correct url displays in the lower left-hand corner in firefox, but when I click, nothing happens. Nothing comes up in my terminal or development log either.
My code is as follows:
<%= link_to new_folder_path do%>
<div class="btn btn-default add-button add_fields"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus"></span>Add Folder</div>
<% end %>
This renders the following html:
<li>
<a href="/folders/new">
<div class="btn btn-default add-button add_fields"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus"></span>Add Folder</div>
</a>
</li>
I should also note that if I just type the standard link in without the do block, it runs just fine:
<li><%= link_to "test", new_folder_path %></li>
Any thoughts on this would be much appreciated!
Try this.
= link_to "<span class='glyphicon glyphicon-plus'></span>Add Folder".html_safe, new_folder_path, class: 'btn btn-default add-button add_fields'
You're probably better using button_to for the buttons -
Generates a form containing a single button that submits to the URL created by the set of options.
So instead of your link_to, you'd be able to use:
<%= button_to "Add Folder", new_folder_path, class: "btn btn-default add-button add_fields glyphicon glyphicon-plus" %>
As a sidenote, if you're trying to style elements inside an <a> tag, you're going to have problems. You'll be much better styling the <a> tag itself, or not at all.
As such, the issue you're getting could probably be resolved using the following:
<%= link_to "Add Folder", new_folder_path, class: "btn btn-default add-button add_fields glyphicon glyphicon-plus" %>
--
Icons
I know Bootstrap includes Glyphicons. If they're anything like ionIcons, they'll work by prepending the glyph with a :before pseudo class.
If this is the case, you don't need a separate <span> element to encapsulate them; just add the class to your link/button and the :before should be prepended.
Of course, if you want to style the span inside the link, you'll have to use the link_to block; however you need ensure you encase your text in the span instead of having it with no content.
Turned out I had dropped a class into my div that prevented the link from rendering (add_fields was the class). Profoundly unsatisfying answer it is what it is. Thanks to anyone who took the time to give me a hint.
Hello I want to use the icon? or is it the alternative span tag? (No idea what its actually called) Anyways, I want to display a icon in my menu here is my current source code.
<li><i class="material-icons left">person</i><%= link_to signup_path %></li>
This is what I currently get
And here is the html I want it to generate:
<li><i class="material-icons">person/i></li>
Is there anyway to accomplish this in rails?
To create an ERB link in Rails that accomplishes the normal HTML code you provided, do this:
<%= link_to signup_path do %>
<i class="material-icons left">person</i>
<% end %>
This will generate:
<i class="material-icons left">person</i>
Only posting this answer because it is possible to do it this way.. definitely not preferred :)
<%= link_to '<i class="material-icons left">person</i>'.html_safe, signup_path %>
<%= link_to signup_path do %>
<i class="material-icons left"> person </i>
<% end %>
I'm trying to have a Font Awesome icon be hyperlinked with the string of a Rails attribute.
I have tried this,
<%= link_to do %>
<i class="fa fa-link"><% school.website %></i>
<% end %>
this,
<i class="fa fa-link" href="<% school.website %>"></i>
and this:
<i class="fa fa-link" href="<%= school.website %>"></i>
among other variations, and can't seem to get the syntax right.
Would really appreciate some help with the syntax here, can't seem to find a specific answer to how linking with attributes works, only actual static text hrefs.
PS: I'm new to Rails / using Rails 4.2.
Try this:
<%= link_to ('<i class="fa fa-link"></i>').html_safe, desired_path %>
Considering school.website is a URL and you have included icons in CSS, the following will do:
<%= link_to(school.website) do %>
<i class="fa fa-link"></i>
<% end %>
Passing it as a block works too.
<%= link_to school.website do %>
<%= '<i class="fa fa-link"></i>'.html_safe %>
<% end %>
Assuming school.website is a URL that you would like to link to and display the link as well alongside the link icon from font awesome:
<%= link_to("<i class='fa fa-link'></i> #{school.website}".html_safe,school.website) %>
I am going to suggest something a little different.
I am personlly using glyphicons/fa a lot on my website, so I decided to create a little helper in application_helper.rb
application_helper.rb
def fa(glyph, text = nil)
html = "<i class=\"fa fa-#{glyph}\"></i>"
html << " #{text.to_s.html_safe}" if text
html.html_safe
end
And actually the correct syntax to use in views becomes either :
<%= link_to(school.website, class: "xxx") do %>
<%= fa('link') %>
<% end %>
OR (more compact)
<%= link_to(school.website, class: "xxx"){ fa('link') } %>
You can use a block as well if your link target is hard to fit into the name parameter. ERB example:
try this:
<%= link_to(school.website) do %>
<%= fa_icon "fas link" %>
<% end %>
I've been looking everywhere for a good explanation of how to add glyphicons to rails link_to and button_to helpers, but I've found very little. What I've gathered so far has led me to this:
<li>
<%= link_to deals_path, class: "btn btn-default" do %>
<%= content_tag(:i, "Dasboard",:class=>' glyphicon, glyphicon-th-large') -%>
<% end %>
</li>
This doesn't work though and I think the one example I found was from Bootstrap 2. Can anyone point me to a good resource on this, or provide a quick example? Thanks in advance!
I found the answer to this here
The basic form of a glyph link in rails looks like this:
<%= link_to deals_path, class: "btn btn-default" do %>
<i class="glyphicon glyphicon-euro"></i> Dashboard
<% end %>
Modify as needed. The second example in that link didn't work for me, I assume because I'm using the rails_bootstrap_sass gem? Regardless, the above form worked for me.
If you're looking for an inline method, This works for me:
<%= link_to '<i class="glyphicon glyphicon-th-large"></i> Dasboard'.html_safe, deals_path, class: 'btn btn-default' %>
The <i></i> can go either side of the 'Dashboard' I've only tested this particular example out in Rails 4 with Bootstrap 3 but this was the method I used prior in Rails 3 and Bootstrap 2
Hope this helps somebody in the future
Edit: Removed comma to render the glyphicon correctly.
In my experience the answer by #settheline is almost ideal, but on my website it changes the font relative to other buttons without icons. So I ended up doing something like this:
<%= link_to deals_path, class: "btn btn-default" do %>
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-euro"></span> Dashboard
<% end %>
And this seems to keep the font equal to other iconless buttons.
Using slim, here's link_to:
= link_to deals_path
span.glyphicon.glyphicon-th-large
and button_to:
= button_to deals_path, class: "btn btn-primary"
span.glyphicon.glyphicon-th-large
It's possible to add more text/etc. to the button as well, just don't nest it under the glyphicon's span.
Using HAML:
= link_to deals_path, class: "btn btn-default" do
= "Dashboard"
%span.glyphicon.glyphicon-th-large
You can use the font-awesome-rails gem for this purpose, and then do:
<li><%= link_to raw(fa_icon("dashboard", class: "th-large"), deals_path, class: "btn btn-default" %>
&For those who'd avoid unnecessary repetition of the long-winded thing..
i shove something like this in my app/helpers/application_helper.rb:
module ApplicationHelper
def glyph(icon_name_postfix, hash={})
content_tag :span, nil, hash.merge(class: "glyphicon glyphicon-#{icon_name_postfix.to_s.gsub('_','-')}")
end
end
Example .erb usage:
<%= button_tag glyph("heart-empty", aria_hidden: "true", foo: "bar"), type: "button", class: "btn btn-default" %>
<%= link_to glyph(:eye_open) + " Oook", some_path, class: "nav" %>
I am using this in Rails4 but i think it might also work in Rails3
Ooook! i also happened to notice this advise from the bootstrap (Currently v3.3.5) docos:
Don't mix with other components Icon classes cannot be directly combined with other components. They should not be used along with
other classes on the same element. Instead, add a nested <span> and
apply the icon classes to the <span>.
Only for use on empty elements Icon classes should only be used on elements that contain no text content and have no child elements.
There is faster and easier way to apply (fontawasome) icons without additional gem installations.
You may follow this pattern:
<%= link_to root_path, class: "nav-link" do %>
<i class="fas fa-pencil-alt"></i>
<% end %>
Of course, you must first create a kit FREE account from the FONTAWASOME and it must be set in your application.html.erb's head to use the icons.
Follow the instructions given here to create an account in Fontawasome (if you don't have one yet).
If you need an example, you can check out my repo in GitHub