Rails: How to change the text on the submit button in a Rails Form

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i have listed my _form.html.erb file below what i would like to do is change the text on the submit button i know how to do it in html but not shure how to do it in Rails 3

%= form_for(@faq) do |f| %>
  <% if @faq.errors.any? %>
    <div id="error_explanation">
      <h2><%= pluralize(@faq.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this faq from being saved:</h2>

      <ul>
      <% @faq.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
        <li><%= msg %></li>
      <% end %>
      </ul>
    </div>
  <% end %>

  <div class="field">
    <%= f.label :question %><br />
    <%= f.text_field :question %>
  </div>
  <div class="field">
    <%= f.label :answer %><br />
    <%= f.text_area :answer %>
  </div>
  <div class="actions">
    <%= f.submit %>
  </div>
<% end %>

score 208 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 22 '11 at 17:54

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instead of

<%= f.submit  %>

put

<%= f.submit "My Submit Text" %>

answered Jan 22 '11 at 17:54

Andrei S

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OMG i cant believe i was so dang close i was trying to use it like HTML name="My Submit Text" thanks this got me what i was looking for :) – Rod Nelson Jan 22 '11 at 17:56
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I can't believe this very simple thing isn't in the fricking [API docs for this method](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormBuilder.html#method-i-submit). – Grant Birchmeier Mar 15 '13 at 18:14
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This didn't work for me -- I had to do `<%= f.submit :value => "Login" %>` instead. (Rails 3.2.11) – cassi.lup Mar 20 '13 at 10:56
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If you want to keep the button style, you can do: f.button :submit, "My Submit Text" – jonathanrz Oct 17 '13 at 18:17
It's worth reading the other answers that show how to make changes using a file such as `config/locales/en.yml` – cwd Jun 16 '18 at 11:48

score 65 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 25 '12 at 00:28

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If you want to change all create and update form submit tags, this change is easy to make. Modify config/locales/en.yml like so:

en:
  helpers:
    submit:
      create: "Crear un %{model}"
      update: "Confirmar cambios al %{model} creado"

edited Nov 25 '12 at 00:28

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answered Jul 25 '11 at 22:43

daniel

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I like how you put Spanish phrases in the English locale! – graywh Mar 22 '12 at 19:38
I wanted to edit this answer, but I would rather let people come here, and smile(until they hit a new bug). – Arslan Ali Apr 08 '19 at 22:29

score 45 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 25 '13 at 10:32

Building on @daniel's answer, you can also customize submit tag values on a per-model basis:

en:
  helpers:
    submit:
      model_name:
        create: "Create"
        update: "Update"

And then in your form you can just use:

<%= f.submit %>

See here for the documentation (second example.)

score 16 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 22 '11 at 18:00

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You can use:

<%= f.submit 'Name of the submit button' %>

For questions like this, consider using the available docs either at

Ruby on Rails API website
APIdock Ruby on Rails section (very easy navigation / search)

Sometimes, a google search like the one below helps:

Google: site:api.rubyonrails.org f.submit

answered Jan 22 '11 at 18:00

tomeduarte

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its just so much easier asking here than trying to read them docs with no examples! – Rod Nelson Jan 22 '11 at 19:45
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I find the Ruby docs to be very frustrating when it comes to answering specific how-do-I-do-xxx questions. – Grant Birchmeier Mar 15 '13 at 18:15

Pulkit Agarwal · Answer 5 · 2016-02-13T17:20:35.787

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When writing in erb

<%= f.submit "your text" %>

when writing in HAML

= f.button :submit, "your text"

In HAML comma should be there after submit otherwise it will throw error.

edited Feb 13 '16 at 17:20

answered Feb 06 '14 at 06:35

Pulkit Agarwal

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Comma doesn't have to be there, works for me without. – erb Apr 24 '14 at 12:12
Yeah, you are right in haml comma is required. = f.button :submit, "your text" – Pulkit Agarwal Apr 26 '14 at 03:29
Using a comma throws an error for me (and it works fine without one) on rails 4 (no haml). – rainbowsorbet Apr 10 '15 at 05:54
@naomisorbet yes, that's why I have corrected it in my 2 comment. Please check. – Pulkit Agarwal Apr 10 '15 at 06:27
@pulkit21 I saw it, thank you, but I wanted to clarify that the comma throws an error in rails without haml. – rainbowsorbet Apr 10 '15 at 20:45
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Yes. I looked at the first answer and it threw an error. I simply added the comma like you said and it worked. – Sweet_Cherry Dec 31 '18 at 15:44

score 5 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 25 '13 at 14:11

I had this problem and I only had to translate the model name this way:

pt-br:
  activerecord:
    models:
      user:
        one: "Usuário"
        more: "Usuários"

This also would complement @daniel's answer which gave me the hint what was missing. However, I suppose that @daniel's answer is not really necessary as it is already on rails-i18n

arogachev · Answer 7 · 2015-10-01T09:25:30.647

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Sometimes using helpers is not acceptable because of used text or you need additionally add class etc., so you can directly override value:

<%= f.submit class: 'btn btn-primary', value: 'Login' %>

or:

<%= f.button :submit, class: 'btn btn-primary', value: 'Login' %>

By the way it was mentioned by @cassi.lup in comment to accepted answer.

Tested on Rails 4.2.3.

edited Oct 01 '15 at 09:25

answered Oct 01 '15 at 09:19

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 11 '15 at 19:07

Just in case, I was trying with this scenario:

f.submit t('conf.begin') class: 'btn btn-outline btn-success'

But it was not working, the solution was with a comma before the class (it was not obvious at the begining for me):

f.submit t('conf.begin'), class: 'btn btn-outline btn-success'

Cheers

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 08 '19 at 12:16

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for Slim version use value="xyz" to change the default submit input text.

answered Apr 08 '19 at 12:16

Asif Ahmed

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please elaborate – JJJ Apr 08 '19 at 12:47

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Nov 11 '13 at 13:37

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Its simple, use

<%= f.submit 'Desired text on the button' %>

answered Nov 11 '13 at 13:37

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