SimpleForm displays single line input fields for translated attributes

[jmuheim]

I have a text field :content.

Usually, SimpleForm correctly displays a textarea for it:

= f.input :content

When translating the field using Mobility, it displays a single line input!

If you need a demo Rails application, I can set up one for you.

[pwim]

@jmuheim To work around this, use SimpleForm's as argument

= f.input :content, as: :text

[shioyama]

Thanks @pwim, I was going to look to see if something like that was possible.

@jmuheim Mobility can't really fix this kind of problem, since ultimately translated attributes are virtual attributes, not table columns. There are only going to be situation-specific solutions like the one above.

However, I will add the workaround above to the wiki.

[shioyama]

Added to the wiki page on using Mobiliity with forms.

[pwim]

@shioyama SimpleForm uses type_for_attribute to determine which input type to create. I suppose we could overwrite this method to delegate to the backend, but that might open another can of worms. I don't see this as something Globalize needs to support, but if someone was to want to step up and create a PR to handle it, I think it would be worth considering.

[shioyama]

Globalize Mobility 😉

[pwim]

Good catch. For the record, this isn't something that Globalize handles either.

[shioyama]

I suppose we could overwrite this method to delegate to the backend, but that might open another can of worms.

That's an idea, but I'd suggest maybe having another gem like mobility-simple_form or something with a plugin to do this would be best. But if the solution in this case is as simple as as: :text, I'm not sure it's really worth the trouble.