Rails 3: Link_to list item?

Question

I have some buttons which are basically overridden <li>s with CSS. I want to link the entire <li> link to a Rails action.

So I don't want to do this:

<li><%= link_to choice, { :action => "update", :id => @id, :response => index }, :remote => true %></li>

I want to do something like this:

<%= link_to <li>choice</li>, { :action => "update", :id => @id, :response => index }, :remote => true %>

Any reason why you're not using routing helpers to generate the URL? — Ryan Bigg, Nov 23 '11 at 07:43
I am very new to Rails so the only reason I'm not using them is I don't know what that is :) — Derek, Nov 23 '11 at 07:56

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 23 '11 at 07:16

8

use block

<%= link_to {...} do %>
  <li>choice</li>
<% end %>

note that rails 3.x uses <%= but rails 2.x uses <%

answered Nov 23 '11 at 07:16

ShiningRay

Quick note: the block format varies depending on the type of construct being used. For example, link_to will use `<%= .. %>`, but if still uses `<% .. %>` – Adam Eberlin Nov 23 '11 at 15:19

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 23 '11 at 06:55

3

use html_safe

<%= link_to "<li>choice</li>".html_safe, { :action => "update", :id => @id, :response => index }, :remote => true %>

edited Nov 23 '11 at 06:55

Conrad Frix

answered Nov 23 '11 at 06:54

Abhishek Shukla

Since answers uses Markdown formatting you need to select your HTML code and then press the `{}` button in order for it to come out right. – Conrad Frix Nov 23 '11 at 06:57

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