method

human_attribute_name

v4.1.8 - Show latest stable - Class: ActiveModel::Translation

human_attribute_name(attribute, options = {})

public

Transforms attribute names into a more human format, such as “First name” instead of “first_name”.

Person.human_attribute_name("first_name") # => "First name"

Specify options with additional translating options.

# File activemodel/lib/active_model/translation.rb, line 43
    def human_attribute_name(attribute, options = {})
      options   = { count: 1 }.merge!(options)
      parts     = attribute.to_s.split(".")
      attribute = parts.pop
      namespace = parts.join("/") unless parts.empty?
      attributes_scope = "#{self.i18n_scope}.attributes"

      if namespace
        defaults = lookup_ancestors.map do |klass|
          :"#{attributes_scope}.#{klass.model_name.i18n_key}/#{namespace}.#{attribute}"
        end
        defaults << :"#{attributes_scope}.#{namespace}.#{attribute}"
      else
        defaults = lookup_ancestors.map do |klass|
          :"#{attributes_scope}.#{klass.model_name.i18n_key}.#{attribute}"
        end
      end

      defaults << :"attributes.#{attribute}"
      defaults << options.delete(:default) if options[:default]
      defaults << attribute.humanize

      options[:default] = defaults
      I18n.translate(defaults.shift, options)
    end

2Notes

Default values

Alex2222 · Jun 29, 20112 thanks

For common attributes in several models, you can set a default human name like this:

==== de.yml

de:
attributes:
  bez: Bezeichnung
  abk: Abkürzung

Works also with Mongoid

josh · Jan 29, 2013

What works for Active Record, also works for Mongoid:

de:
mongoid:
  attributes:
    picture:
      explanation: Description

human_attribute_name

2Notes

Default values

Works also with Mongoid

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