SortingHelper

Rails helpers for building "sort by column" links.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'sorting_helper'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install sorting_helper

# app/controllers/users_controller.rb
class UsersController < ApplicationController
  def index
    @users = User.order(sorting)
  end

  protected

  def sorting
    column = sorting_column

    if %w[rating name].include?(column)
      "#{column} #{sorting_direction}"
    end
  end
end

Example view:

<table>
  <tr>
    <th><%= sorting_link :rating, 'Rating' %></th>
    <th><%= sorting_link :name, 'Name' %></th>
  </tr>
  <% @users.each do |user| %>
    <tr>
      <td><%= user.rating %></td>
      <td><%= user.name %></td>
    </tr>
  <% end %>
</table>

Copyright (c) 2014 Okhlopkov Anatoly

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