Rails Modify Scaffold Form

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Using rails 5.0.0 for building a simple timecard module for a web application. My question is how do I go about modifying a form which is automatically being rendered by rails scaffold

rails g scaffold Timesheet user:string clock:string time:datetime

=== new.html.erb file ===

<%= render 'form', timesheet: @timesheet %>

In the user string want to add <%= current_user.email %> and in clock string want to add a drop-down? What is the best way to do this? Already have database table in place etc...

Illustration below

Thanks in advance!

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 30 '16 at 18:08

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The form is in an automatically generated partial, located in app/views/timesheets/_form.html.erb.

answered Aug 30 '16 at 18:08

ollpu

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In the controller, you can do: `Timesheet.new(user: current_user.email)` (in the new-action in place of `Timesheet.new`), to preset the value. The user can still change it in the form, though. – ollpu Aug 30 '16 at 19:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 30 '16 at 19:41

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Ok, in: app/views/timesheets - you should find your form. If you change something in form, check it with your 'new' merhod (or with last method - if you didn't change/add anything: this method will get your params) in controller.

answered Aug 30 '16 at 19:41

SignorHarry

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 22 '18 at 11:05

When you run

$rails generate scaffold <name>

you will auto-generate a ready to use controller, model, and views with a full CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) web interface.

You can modify each of the CRUD operations to your liking, in your case timesheets view which is located in app/views/timesheets/.

Rails Modify Scaffold Form

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