tag

Returns an empty HTML tag of type name which by default is XHTML compliant. Set open to true to create an open tag compatible with HTML 4.0 and below. Add HTML attributes by passing an attributes hash to options. Set escape to false to disable attribute value escaping.

Options

You can use symbols or strings for the attribute names.

Use true with boolean attributes that can render with no value, like disabled and readonly.

HTML5 data-* attributes can be set with a single data key pointing to a hash of sub-attributes.

To play nicely with JavaScript conventions sub-attributes are dasherized. For example, a key user_id would render as data-user-id and thus accessed as dataset.userId.

Values are encoded to JSON, with the exception of strings and symbols. This may come in handy when using jQuery’s HTML5-aware <tt>.data()<tt> from 1.4.3.

Examples

tag("br")
# => <br />

tag("br", nil, true)
# => <br>

tag("input", :type => 'text', :disabled => true)
# => <input type="text" disabled="disabled" />

tag("img", :src => "open & shut.png")
# => <img src="open & shut.png" />

tag("img", {:src => "open & shut.png"}, false, false)
# => <img src="open & shut.png" />

tag("div", :data => {:name => 'Stephen', :city_state => %w(Chicago IL)})
# => <div data-name="Stephen" data-city-state="["Chicago","IL"]" />