enum_help

EnumHelp

Help ActiveRecord::Enum feature to work fine with I18n and simple_form.

Make Enum field correctly generate select field.

As you know in Rails 4.1.0 , ActiveRecord supported Enum method. But it doesn't work fine with I18n and simple_form.

This gem can help you work fine with Enum feather, I18n and simple_form

Breaking Changes

Version 0.0.15 changes the behaviour of namespaced modules as per this commit: standard en.yml structures for enums Foo::Bar::Baz#abc and Foo::Bar::Bat#def change from

enums:
  foo/bar/baz:
    abc:
      lorem: 'Ipsum'
  foo/bar/bat:
    def:
      lorem: 'Ipsum'

To

enums:
  foo:
    bar:
      baz:
        abc:
          lorem: 'Ipsum'
      bat:
        def:
          lorem: 'Ipsum'

For different I18n backends, adjust accordingly as namespaced modules are now referenced by . rather than /.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'enum_help'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install enum_help

Usage

Required Rails 4.1.x

In model file:

class Order < ActiveRecord::Base
  enum status: { "nopayment" => 0, "finished" => 1, "failed" => 2, "destroyed" => 3 }

  def self.restricted_statuses
    statuses.except :failed, :destroyed
  end
end

You can call:

order = Order.first
order.update_attribute :status, 0
order.status
# > nopayment
order.status_i18n # if you have an i18n file defined as following, it will return "未支付".
# > 未支付

You can also fetch the translated enum collection, if you need to:

Order.statuses_i18n

In _form.html.erb using simple_form:

<%= f.input :status %>

This will generate select field with translations automatically.

And if you want to generate select except some values, then you can pass a collection option.

<%= f.input :status, Order.restricted_statuses %>

Other arguments for simple_form are supported perfectly.

e.g.

<%= f.input :status, prompt: 'Please select a status' %>

<%= f.input :status, as: :string %>

From version 0.0.10, enum_help can automatically generate radio buttons with i18n labels.

e.g.

<%= f.input :status, as: :radio_buttons %>

I18n local file example:

# config/locales/model/order.zh-cn.yml
zh-cn:
  enums:
    order:
      status:
        finished: 完成
        nopayment: 未支付
        failed: 失败
        destroyed: 已删除

Notice

If you want to use enum feature, field of your table can't be named with reference. When it is named with 'reference' and define enum in model file, there will be raised an error as below:

NoMethodError: super: no superclass method `enum' for...

Thanks

Thanks for all the contributors.

Contributing

1. Fork it ( http://github.com/zmbacker/enum_help/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Run test rspec
4. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
5. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
6. Create new Pull Request