SimpleForm 2: enter tags inside the wrapper

Question

using the standard simple_form 2 shell, it generates markup that looks like this:

<div class="...">
  <label>...</label>
  <input ... />
</div>

I would like to get markup in which the input tag itself inside the shell looks like this:

<div class="...">
  <label>...</label>
  <div class="...">
    <input ... />
  </div>
</div>

Do I need to create a custom component for this behavior?

Thank.

Nicolas.

Answer 1

Check this:

The wrapper API is not documented yet, but I spent some time trying to figure it out. Here is a simple example that you can configure inside the simple_form initializer.

# Use this setup block to configure all options available in SimpleForm.
SimpleForm.setup do |config|
  # Wrappers are used by the form builder to generate a complete input.
  # You can remove any component from the wrapper, change the order or even
  # add your own to the stack. The options given to the wrappers method
  # are used to wrap the whole input (if any exists).

  config.wrappers :GIVE_YOUR_WRAPPER_A_NAME, :class => 'clearfix', :error_class => nil do |b|
    b.use :placeholder
    b.use :label
    b.use :tag => 'div', :class => 'WHATEVER_YOU_WANT_TO_CALL_IT' do |ba|
      ba.use :input
      ba.use :error, :tag => :span, :class => :'help-inline'
      ba.use :hint,  :tag => :span, :class => :'help-block'
    end
  end
end

Then, when you create the form, simply specify the shell you want to use:

<%= simple_form_for @user, wrapper: 'WHATEVER_YOU_CALLED_YOUR_WRAPPER' do |form| %>
<%end%>

Hope this helps.