simple_form-bootstrap

Integrating Bootstrap-looking form controls with Simple Form.

Installation

1. Add to your application's Gemfile: gem 'simple_form-bootstrap'. The following types of input controls are supported, so long they are properly installed in your application. Ensure that the control is included in your application.js before the Simple Form-Bootstrap JavaScript.

   1. If you want to use Date/Time pickers, install the bootstrap3-datetimepicker-rails gem.
   2. If you want to use the nicely styled Bootstrap Select picker, install the bootstrap-select-rails gem.
   3. If you want to use the Token picker, you need to
      1. Install the bootstrap_tokenfield_rails and twitter-typeahead-rails gems.
      2. Require twitter/typeahead and bootstrap-tokenfield in that order in application.js.
      3. Require tokenfield-typeahead and bootstrap-tokenfield in that order in application.css.
      4. These extra @extends are needed for Typeahead.js 0.11:

         .tt-menu {
           @extend .tt-dropdown-menu;
         }
         .tt-suggestion.tt-selectable:hover {
           @extend .tt-suggestion.tt-cursor;
         }

2. Add to your application's javascript: //= require simple_form-bootstrap

3. Empty the Simple Form initializer:

   # config/initializers/simple_form.rb
   # Use this setup block to configure all options available in SimpleForm.
   SimpleForm.setup do |config|
   end

   1. You can still put configuration settings in, but it should no longer be necessary.

4. Restart your development server.

Features

1. It adds the appropriate button styling to all buttons. By default, the btn and btn-default styles are added to all buttons. Submit buttons get btn-primary instead of btn-default.
2. It allows submit buttons to accept blocks. When a block is specified, the submit button will use a <button> tag instead of an <input> tag.