What is the best way to center my error message in Simple_form for Ruby on Rails?

Question

What is the best way to center my error message in Simple_form for Ruby on Rails?

Currently, my form is displaying an error message (Name is a required field) in this format:

However, I want to position the 'can't be blank' error next to the 'Name', like so:

To achieve this layout, I made modifications to the default bootstrap Simple_form classes using the following code snippet:

<%= f.input :name, :required => true, :label_html => { :class => 'edit_form_titles' }, :error_html => { :class => 'cant_be_blank'} %>

The corresponding CSS for these classes looks like this:

.edit_form_titles{
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 0px;
  color: #333333;
}

.cant_be_blank{
  font-size:12px;
}

If anyone has suggestions on how I can align the error message next to the name as mentioned above, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!

css ruby-on-rails twitter-bootstrap simple-form

Answer 1

Answer №1

I successfully displayed my errors above the input box.

By adding a class to my errors in the code below, I was able to format their positioning. However, there was always an empty div or something under the input box that affected the alignment of other input boxes below it.

<%= f.input :name, :required => true, :label_html => { :class => 'edit_form_titles' }, :error_html => { :class => 'cant_be_blank'} %>

In my initializers/simple_form.rb file, the original code looked like this:

  config.wrappers :bootstrap, :tag => 'div', :class => 'control-group', :error_class => 'error' do |b|
    b.use :html5
    b.use :placeholder
    b.use :label
    b.wrapper :tag => 'div', :class => 'controls' do |input|
      input.use :input
      input.use :error, :wrap_with => { :tag => 'span', :class => 'help-inline' }
      input.use :hint,  :wrap_with => { :tag => 'p', :class => 'help-block' }
    end
  end

I made the following changes:

 config.wrappers :bootstrap, :tag => 'div', :class => 'control-group', :error_class => 'error' do |b|
    b.use :html5
    b.use :placeholder
    b.wrapper :tag => 'div', :class => 'label-error' do |input|
      b.use :label
      b.use :error, :wrap_with => { :tag => 'span', :class => 'help-block' }
    </div>
    b.wrapper :tag => 'div', :class => 'controls' do |ba|
      ba.use :input
      ba.use :hint,  :wrap_with => { :tag => 'p', :class => 'help-block' }
    </end>
  end

This adjustment removed the blank space under the input box, allowing me to properly align the text from my cant_be_blank class right next to the label text.

Answer 2

I successfully displayed my errors above the input box.

By adding a class to my errors in the code below, I was able to format their positioning. However, there was always an empty div or something under the input box that affected the alignment of other input boxes below it.

<%= f.input :name, :required => true, :label_html => { :class => 'edit_form_titles' }, :error_html => { :class => 'cant_be_blank'} %>

In my initializers/simple_form.rb file, the original code looked like this:

  config.wrappers :bootstrap, :tag => 'div', :class => 'control-group', :error_class => 'error' do |b|
    b.use :html5
    b.use :placeholder
    b.use :label
    b.wrapper :tag => 'div', :class => 'controls' do |input|
      input.use :input
      input.use :error, :wrap_with => { :tag => 'span', :class => 'help-inline' }
      input.use :hint,  :wrap_with => { :tag => 'p', :class => 'help-block' }
    end
  end

I made the following changes:

 config.wrappers :bootstrap, :tag => 'div', :class => 'control-group', :error_class => 'error' do |b|
    b.use :html5
    b.use :placeholder
    b.wrapper :tag => 'div', :class => 'label-error' do |input|
      b.use :label
      b.use :error, :wrap_with => { :tag => 'span', :class => 'help-block' }
    </div>
    b.wrapper :tag => 'div', :class => 'controls' do |ba|
      ba.use :input
      ba.use :hint,  :wrap_with => { :tag => 'p', :class => 'help-block' }
    </end>
  end

This adjustment removed the blank space under the input box, allowing me to properly align the text from my cant_be_blank class right next to the label text.

What is the best way to center my error message in Simple_form for Ruby on Rails?

Answer №1

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