ruby-on-railsujslink-to-remote

"data-type" argument in link_to

Is there any shortcut for:

link_to 'title', path, 'data-type' => :html

I thought :type=>:html would work, much as :remote=>true transforms to data-remote='true', but not supported.

Solution

  • Yes:

    link_to 'title', path, data: { type: :html }

    small edit

    It comes from the tag helper: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/TagHelper.html#method-i-tag

    Its maybe not a shortcut in your case but can be very handy if you have to set multiple data-attributes:

    link_to 'title', path, data: { first_name: @user.first_name, 
                               last_name:  @user.last_name,
                               # etc. }

    But no, no type: :html, sorry...