rails Select Form Tag - How to add a default "All" option?

Question

I have the following which creates a select box:

<%=select_tag "people", options_from_collection_for_select(@people, "id", "name")%>

This creates an item for each person, problem is I would like a "All People" value 0, option added and selected by default on load?

does the select_tag in rails 3 support this?

Thanks

Perhaps a multiple_select_tag might be more appropriate instead of an all? — EnabrenTane, Jan 08 '11 at 04:05

score 23 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 08 '11 at 04:57

23

Simply include a :include_blank => 'All People' option in your select_tag:

<%= select_tag "people", options_from_collection_for_select(@people, "id", "name"), :include_blank => 'All People' %>

answered Jan 08 '11 at 04:57

vonconrad

2

The `:include_blank => "All people"` generates the following code: ``. Perhaps they've changed the syntax or something? – imjp Jul 16 '11 at 21:15
10

include_blank now takes a true/false value. To add a default option, :prompt => 'Select One' is the way to go. It also needs to go within the options hash. in all, `<%= select_tag "people", options_from_collection_for_select(@people, "id", "name"), { :prompt => 'All People' } %>` – Sunil Gowda Mar 28 '12 at 04:53

1 Answers1