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link_to is the method in Ruby on Rails that is used to create link tags within views.

link_to is the method in Ruby on Rails that is used to create link tags within views.

e.g., With the appropriate route defined and the profile object with ID=1, 

link_to "Profile", @profile

would return the HTML fragment

<a href="/profiles/1">Profile</a>

More details can be found in the Ruby on Rails API documentation.

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Rails 3.1.3 using anchor attribute with link_to tag from posts/index to posts/show/id not working

I am using a link_to tag on my posts/index view and want to link it to my posts/show/id view with an anchor that makes it scroll down to the comments form. For some reason I can't get the anchor to work. Here is my code: In posts/index <%= link_to…
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Symfony output only template--without adding to layout.php

Is there any way to disable the addition of layout.php to my actionNameSuccess.php? I would like this setting to be enabled for some modules and disabled(i.e. let layout.php add up) for other modules. I can solve the problem by making a new…
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Every link_to on my rails 4 application is being called twice

I'm experiencing some unusual behaviour with my Rails 4 Application. Every single-time I click on a link_to inside my views, my controllers actions are being called twice. For example: In my root_url I have this standard call for users_profile: <%=…
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Rails link to file in public folder

I have a file data.txt in the public folder of my Rails project. I want to link to it from one of the pages in my project using link_to. How can I do it? If I do <%= link_to "here", "data.txt" %> it links to domain.com/data.txt instead of…
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Rails - link_to with custom route

I am new to Rails so please have patience. I wanted to implement "like" on my canteen model, so I created a custom route inside my canteen resource resources :canteens do resources :meals resources :comments match "/like", :to =>…
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Rails 3.2 using content_tag to generate a 'Delete' button with twitter-bootstrap icons

I'm trying to replicate the Delete button icon in this example using the Rails 3 content_tag method, within a nested form and using jQuery unobtrusively (or at least I hope to be). Twitter-Bootstrap Delete Button icon (example) The html produced in…
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Generate a `link_to` to the controller action `edit`, dynamically

I am using Ruby on Rails 3.0.7 and I would like to generate a link_to to the controller action edit, dynamically. I have to use it in a partial template but the issue is that I am rendering that same partial template for different model data (that…
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Rails 5 - in link_to, how to pass a nil (NULL) param?

I have a link where I need to pass a sequence of params, where 2 params are always nill. link_to go_to_action_path(id, par_01, par_02, par_03, par_04) In some cases are the par_01 and par_02 nil, in other par_03 and par_04. If I have these values…
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Button_to in Ruby on Rails bad route

I'm trying to use the button_to rails helper. I wrote the following code: <%= button_to 'Edit Item', edit_item_path(@item), :class => 'mark-button' %> and got the following error message No route matches "/items/1/edit" But when I refresh the…
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How do you pass multiple arguments to nested route paths in Rails?

I am new to Rails and normally set up a link_to helper for a normal unnested route like so: link_to "Delete", article_path(article.id), method: :delete, data: {confirm: "Are you sure?"} However I am learning about nested routes and it seems I need…
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Ruby on Rails link_to internal id

How do i use a link_to inorder to go to a specific (html) ID on a page normally if i wanted to go to the "whatever_id" on a page i could use
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Rails RESTful Routing With '/' and Slugs

I am looking to do something similar a wordpress slug where I have a URL like this while maintaining RESTful routing: http://foo.com/blog/2009/12/04/article-title The reason I am interested in keep RESTFUL routing is that I am unable to use many…
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Rails link_to: Do something after confirmation

I'm trying to execute a save action via AJAX using link_to: <%= link_to 'Save', image_path(image), method: :patch, data:{ confirm: 'Save image?', remote: true } %> I want the link to be replaced with Saving... on…
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link_to image_tag with options (rel, title)

In HTML I would write:
But I have to adapt it for ruby on…
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Path from string with parameter

I need a good way to create a set of Rails 3 paths from an array, in the link_to helper. I have: TITLES = ['foo', 'bar', 'baz'] TITLES.each do |t| = link_to t, (.....path....) This way i need to construct a set of…
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