watu_table_builder

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== About this fork

I forked https://github.com/jchunky/table_builder to convert it into a gem using Bundler and most importantly, having a gemspec so it can easily be added to a Gemfile.

Then we also added some features (check the commit history).

If you have changes you thing should be merged back into mainstream, feel free to send me a pull request, I'd like to try to maintain as complete as possible branch and then maybe release it as a gem (maybe with another name).

= TableBuilder

Rails builder for creating tables and calendars inspired by ActionView's FormBuilder, updated for Rails 3.0beta This is a fork of Petrik de Heus plugin for earlier versions of Rails. Note the new idiomatic use of "<%=" for the table_for and calendar_for functions.

== Examples

table_for has methods for each tag used in a table (

, ,

, etc.) A basic example would look like this: @front_men = [FrontMan.new(1, 'David St. Hubbins'), FrontMan.new(2, 'David Lee Roth')] <%= table_for(@front_men) do |t| %> <%= t.head do %> <%= t.r do %> <%= t.h('Id') %> <%= t.h('Name') %> <% end %> <% end %> <%= t.body do |front_man| %> <%= t.r do %> <%= t.d(h(front_man.id)) %> <%= t.d(h(front_man.name)) %> <% end %> <% end %> <% end %> You can pass an array to the head method: <%= t.head('Id', 'Name') %> The body and r method can be combined for easier usage: <%= t.body_r do |front_man| %> <%= t.d(h(front_man.id)) %> <%= t.d(h(front_man.name)) %> <% end %> You can also pass blocks to the d and h methods for more flexibility: <%= t.d(:class => 'name') do %> <%= link_to(h(front_man.name), front_man_url(front_man)) %> <% end %> All tag methods are rails tag methods, so they can have extra html options. @drummers = [Drummer.new(1, 'John "Stumpy" Pepys'), Drummer.new(2, 'Eric "Stumpy Joe" Childs')] <%= table_for(@drummers, :html => { :id => 'spinal_tap', :class => 'drummers'}) do |t| %> <%= t.body_r(:class => 'row') do |e| %> <%= t.d(h(e.id), :title => 'id') %> <%= t.d(h(e.name)) %> <% end %> <% end %> ... which produces the following html: 1 John "Stumpy" Pepys 2 Eric "Stumpy Joe" Childs You can customize the table by creating your own TableBuilder: <%= table_for(@drummers, :builder => PagedTableBuilder) do |t| %> == Calendar Table calendar_for creates a table like table_for. All objects get sorted per day of the month A basic example would look like this: @tasks = Task.this_month <%= calendar_for(@tasks) do |t| %> <%= t.head('mon', 'tue', 'wed', 'thu', 'fri', 'sat', 'sun') %> <%= t.day do |day, tasks| %> <%= day.day %> <% tasks.each do |task| %> <%= h(task.name) %> <% end %> <% end %> <% end %> To show a different month you can pass the :year and :month options: <%= calendar_for(@tasks, :year => 2009, :month => 1) do |t| %> To highlight a different day you can pass the :today option: <%= calendar_for(@tasks, :today => Date.civil(2008, 12, 26)) do |t| %> By default the :date method is called on the objects for sorting. To use another method you can pass the :day_method option: <%= t.day(:day_method => :calendar_date) do |day, tasks| %> If you want to add id's to your td tag you can pass a pattern: <%= t.day(:id => 'day_%d') do |day, tasks| %> To have a header at the begining of each row: <%= calendar_for(@tasks, :row_header => true) do |t| %> and then in your block you get nil as the list of objects and the first day of thet upcoming week. For example: <%= calendar_for(@tasks) do |t| %> <%= t.day do |day, tasks| %> <% if tasks.nil? %> <%= day.cweek %> <% else %> <%= day.day %> <% tasks.each do |task| %> <%= h(task.name) %> <% end %> <% end %> <% end %> <% end %> == Install Inside your Gemfile: gem "table_builder", :git => "git://github.com/watu/table_builder.git" == Contributing Document any new options and verify the documentation looks correct by running: yard server --reload and going to http://localhos:8808 == Contributors Petrik de Heus, Sean Dague, F. Kocherga, John Duff, Andrew C. Greenberg, Jason Cheong-Kee-You, J. Pablo Fernández. Original Work Copyright (c) 2008 Petrik de Heus, released under the MIT license. Fork revisions Copyright (c) 2010 Andrew C. Greenberg, released under the MIT license. Fork revisions Copyright (c) 2012 Carrousel Apps Ltd (Watu), released under the MIT license.