Twitter Bootstrap Helper for Rails 3
Bootstrap is a toolkit from Twitter designed to kickstart development of webapps and sites. It includes base CSS and HTML for typography, forms, buttons, tables, grids, navigation, and more.
bootstrap_helper auto generates Bootstrap HTML codes.
Rails 3.1
include Bootstrap Helper in Gemfile;
gem 'bootstrap_helper'
or you can install from latest build;
gem 'bootstrap_helper', :git => "git://github.com/xdite/bootstrap-helper.git"
USAGE
render_page_title
SETUP
edit your config/application.rb
SITE_NAME = "YOUR SITE NAME"
in application.html.erb
, replace <title>
with
<%= render_page_title %>
define page title in your action
def index
page_title("Posts Index")
end
will render
<title>Posts Index » YOUR SITE NAME</title>
render_list
render_list generates ul & li, auto append: "first", "last" class . If link matches current controller and acttion, it will auto add "active" class. Perfact for "menu"
<%= render_list :class => "nav" do |li|
li << link_to(t("menu.topics"), topics_path)
li << link_to(t("menu.wiki"), wikis_path )
li << link_to(t("menu.sites"), sites_path )
li << link_to(t("menu.users"), users_path)
end %>
render_body_tag
in application.html.erb
, replace <body>
with
<%= render_body_tag %>
render_body_tag auto inserts "controller name" & "action name" in to body class, and generates �IE conditional comment.
<!--[if lt IE 7 ]>
<body class="topics-controller index-action ie6"><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte IE 7 ]>
<body class="topics-controller index-action ie"><![endif]-->
<!--[if !IE]>-->
<body class="topics-controller index-action">
<!--<![endif]-->
breadcrumb
in application.html.erb
, place this helper
<%= render_breadcrumb %>
drop breadcrumb in your action
def show
@post = Posts.find(params[:id])
drop_breadcrumb("Posts", posts_path)
drop_breadcrumb(@post.title)
end
it will generate breadcrumb with link for you
Home / Post / YourPostTitle
notice_message
in application.html.erb
, place this helper
<%= notice_message %>
write notice message in your action, will generate bootstrap style notice message
def create
# ….
redirect_to posts_path, :notice => "Create Success!"
end
Pagination
Support will_paginate
, 3.0.pre4
in config/application.rb
WillPaginate::ViewHelpers.pagination_options[:renderer] = 'BootstrapHelper::PaginateRenderer'
Example
see example
Other
Form
You can use simple_form 2.0 with bootstrap form template
- Gemfile
gem "simple_form", :git => "git://github.com/plataformatec/simple_form.git"
place https://github.com/rafaelfranca/simple_form-bootstrap/blob/master/config/initializers/simple_form.rb to config/initailizers/simple_form.rb
<%= simple_form_for @article do |f| %>
<%= f.input :title, :input_html => {:class => "xxlarge"} , :hint => "this is post title" %>
<% end >
Thanks
Thanks Twitter for Bootstrap http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap
Thanks Handlino for HandicraftHelper https://github.com/handlino/handicraft_helper
License
Copyright (C) 2011 by xdite
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.