module Merb::Helpers::Tag

Public Instance Methods

close_tag(name) click to toggle source

Creates a closing tag

# File lib/merb-helpers/tag_helpers.rb, line 43
def close_tag(name)
  "</#{name}>"
end
open_tag(name, attrs = nil) click to toggle source

Creates the opening tag with attributes for the provided name attrs is a hash where all members will be mapped to key=“value”

Note: This tag will need to be closed

# File lib/merb-helpers/tag_helpers.rb, line 38
def open_tag(name, attrs = nil)
  "<#{name}#{' ' + attrs.to_html_attributes unless attrs.blank?}>"
end
self_closing_tag(name, attrs = nil) click to toggle source

Creates a self closing tag. Like <br/> or <img src=“…”/>

name : the name of the tag to create attrs : a hash where all members will be mapped to key=“value”

# File lib/merb-helpers/tag_helpers.rb, line 51
def self_closing_tag(name, attrs = nil)
  "<#{name}#{' ' + attrs.to_html_attributes if attrs && !attrs.empty?}/>"
end
tag(name, contents = nil, attrs = {}, &block) click to toggle source

Creates a generic HTML tag. You can invoke it a variety of ways.

tag :div
# <div></div>

tag :div, 'content'
# <div>content</div>

tag :div, :class => 'class'
# <div class="class"></div>

tag :div, 'content', :class => 'class'
# <div class="class">content</div>

tag :div do
  'content'
end
# <div>content</div>

tag :div, :class => 'class' do
  'content'
end
# <div class="class">content</div>
# File lib/merb-helpers/tag_helpers.rb, line 28
def tag(name, contents = nil, attrs = {}, &block)
  attrs, contents = contents, nil if contents.is_a?(Hash)
  contents = capture(&block) if block_given?
  open_tag(name, attrs) + contents.to_s + close_tag(name)
end