method

label_tag

v8.0.0 - Show latest stable - Class: ActionView::Helpers::FormTagHelper

label_tag(name = nil, content_or_options = nil, options = nil, &block)

public

Creates a label element. Accepts a block.

Options

Creates standard HTML attributes for the tag.

Examples

label_tag 'name'
# => <label for="name">Name</label>

label_tag 'name', 'Your name'
# => <label for="name">Your name</label>

label_tag 'name', nil, class: 'small_label'
# => <label for="name" class="small_label">Name</label>

# File actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb, line 281
      def label_tag(name = nil, content_or_options = nil, options = nil, &block)
        if block_given? && content_or_options.is_a?(Hash)
          options = content_or_options = content_or_options.stringify_keys
        else
          options ||= {}
          options = options.stringify_keys
        end
        options["for"] = sanitize_to_id(name) unless name.blank? || options.has_key?("for")
        content_tag :label, content_or_options || name.to_s.humanize, options, &block
      end

2Notes

unobstrusive label tag

grosser · Sep 18, 20081 thank

just use
label_tag('a_a','a_a') and it works, just not ment for pure decorative labels :)

removes underscores -> do not use for images etc

grosser · Sep 17, 2008

example #does not work label_tag('aa'+image_tag('x_x.gif'))