autotable

autotable provides a single helper that converts a collection of model instances into a Bootstrap-compliant HTML table. Columns, data formatting and per-row action links are all fully customisable.

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<%=
autotable(@collection, bordered: true) do |t|
  t.column :name
  t.column(:email) { |v,s| mail_to(v) }
  t.column :telephone
  t.column :country
  t.action 'View', url: :supplier_url,
                   class: 'btn-primary'
  t.action 'Edit', url: :edit_supplier_url,
                   class: 'btn-primary'
  t.action 'Delete', url: :supplier_url,
                     method: 'delete',
                     confirm: 'Are you sure?',
                     class: 'btn-danger'
end
%>

yields

Generate an HTML table for collection collection.

Valid options:

• :action_class: bass class name applied to action links. Default: btn btn-sm.
• :striped: enable row-striping
• :bordered: enable table border
• :hover: enable row hover highlighting
• :condensed: use condensed table layout

Table column and action configuration is achieved by passing a block to autotable which, when called, receives an instance of Autotable::Builder as an argument. This is documented below.

Adds a column whose values are determined by sending method to each model instance. By default, the column's title is method.to_s.humanize but this can be overridden by passing title explicitly. The optional formatter block is used to format the column values and receives both the value and the model instance as parameters, and should return a sanitized HTML string.

Adds an action to the table's rightmost "action" column.

Supported options:

• :icon: icon to display in button; should correspond to one of Bootstrap's Glyphicons.
• :url: URL for the action, one of:
  • String: explicit URL
  • Proc: should generate action URL when called; receives model instance as argument
  • Hash: arguments for a call to url_for; will be merged with {id: object_instance}
  • Symbol: name of URL helper method; receives model instance as argument
• :class: class name; appended to builder's :action_class
• :confirm, :method, :remote: forwarded to link_to

Generate table HTML and return it. You normally wouldn't call this method yourself - the autotable helper does it for you.