How can I stop Rails from wrapping the label with field_with_errors

Question

When saving a form and a field fails validation, I don't want the label to be modified at all. I don't mind wrapping the input with a div and a class of "field_with_errors", but how can I stop it from wrapping the label as well?

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score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 05 '12 at 17:26

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I wasn't able to find anything in the ActionView::Base documentation about the field_error_proc method, but here is the solution I came up with. Hopefully this will help others!

 ActionView::Base.field_error_proc = Proc.new do |html_tag, instance| 
  unless html_tag =~ /^<label/
    "<div class=\"field_with_errors\">#{html_tag}</div>".html_safe
  else
    html_tag.html_safe
  end
end

answered Sep 05 '12 at 17:26

Tom Rossi

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Would just add, place this in a file in config/initializers to use. – riley May 10 '14 at 20:24

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 01 '16 at 11:23

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Instead of having for example

<%=label "name", :name%>

, remove :name and have

<%=label "name"%>

This will stop the wrapping.

edited Sep 01 '16 at 11:23

Shiva

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answered Sep 07 '15 at 11:58

Antonio Jha

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This removes the connection between the `` and the `` field that it is associated with. For example, a general behaviour is that by clicking on the label, it will focus (activate) the input it is connected to. – user2985898 Mar 02 '17 at 09:56

How can I stop Rails from wrapping the label with field_with_errors

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