Re: link_to, how do you combine url options and html_options?

> OK, James, I have tested the following in Rails 2.3.2:
>
> link_to "link here", new_object_path, :method => :post, :confirm =>
> 'Press OK', :class => "css_class", :id => "css_id"
>
> and this does work as you would expect.
>
> What version are you on?
>
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Rob
>
> Biedenharn<R...@...> wrote:
>
> > On Jul 7, 2009, at 3:12 PM, James Byrne wrote:
>
> >> I have a link-to that I wish to look somewhat like this:
>
> >> link_to "link here", new_object_path,
> >>                    :method => :post, :confirm => 'Press OK', #url
> >> options
> >>                    :class => "css_class", :id => "css_id"    #html
> >> options
>
> >> In any case I can either get the url_for options to work or the html
> >> options to work, but no matter how I arrange () or {} I cannot get
> >> both
> >> to work together.  As far as I can determine, the api documents do not
> >> explicitly show this case either.
>
> >> What I want link_to to generate is:
>
> >> <a href="/objects/new"
> >>  class="css_class"
> >>  id="css_id"
> >>  onclick="if (confirm('Press OK'))
> >>   {
> >>    var f = document.createElement('form');
> >>    f.style.display = 'none';
> >>    this.parentNode.appendChild(f);
> >>    f.method = 'POST';
> >>    f.action = this.href;
> >>    f.submit();
> >>  };
> >>    return false;">link here</a>
>
> >> How is this done?
>
> > What's wrong with keeping it simple?
>
> > <%= link_to('link here', "/url", :method => :post, :confirm => "Press
> > OK", :id => "css_id", :class => "css_class") %>
>
> > <a href="/url" class="css_class" id="css_id" onclick="if
> > (confirm('Press OK')) { var f = document.createElement('form');
> > f.style.display = 'none'; this.parentNode.appendChild(f); f.method =
> > 'POST'; f.action = this.href;var s = document.createElement('input');
> > s.setAttribute('type', 'hidden'); s.setAttribute('name',
> > 'authenticity_token'); s.setAttribute('value', '1R/
> > dpXEMn3tUvmXCbVQtdHAnSw9YU36T9n2lDtZ8WlQ=');
> > f.appendChild(s);f.submit(); };return false;">link here</a>
>
> > Surely, you can also replace "/url" with a named route as in your
> > original example. Did you say what version of Rails you have? My
> > example uses 2.3.2.
>
> > -Rob
>
> > Rob Biedenharn          http://agileconsultingllc.com
> > R...@...