ActiveAdmin Form not respecting :multiple => false

Question

I'm using ActiveAdmin and trying to do a as: :select, :collection that isn't a multiple select.

My code is:

form do |f|
  f.input :users, :as => :select, :input_html => { :size => 1}, :multiple => false, collection: User.where(role:1), include_blank: false
end

Where this is in /admin/businesses.rb. The relationship is that there is habtm between Users and Businesses. I've tried rearranging my options as shown in the github issue. I've also looked at a similar stackoverflow question.

However, when I try with the :multiple => false, I get this code generated:

<select id="business_user_ids" multiple="multiple" name="business[user_ids][]" size="1">    
<option value="4">Pilgrim</option>
<option value="5" selected="selected">Mary</option>
<option value="6" selected="selected">Bob</option>
<option value="7">Billy</option>
<option value="8">Ash</option></select>

Note that there are two selected, and the code for multiple is set to multiple. Any one know why this is?

Also, I'm trying to figure out how to display another field as what is selectable.

For example, I have f.inputs :users. is there a way to rename what is shown for :users? Right now, it shows users.name, but I would like users.email.

onyxrev · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-05 06:00:27Z

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While formtastic ignores :multiple => true in the options hash, it does respect it in the input_html option. Give this a go:

f.input :users, :as => :select, :input_html => { :size => 1, :multiple => false }, :multiple => false, collection: User.where(role:1), include_blank: false

answered Nov 5, 2014 at 6:00

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Rocket Appliances Over a year ago

This should be the accepted answer. It fixes the issue without resorting to monkey-patching Formtastic.

StackNG · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-02 05:16:22Z

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I just bumped into this problem, too. After a little code tracing I found that it's duo to the underlying Formtastic lib.

Formtastic takes precedence of existing reflection (has_many & has_and_belongs_to_many) over the options you pass in to decide it's multiple or not.

I think it's because forcing single selection on a ?-to-many relation will cause some confusions. Just like your data, there are already two selected, what should be shown in a strict single select? But I'll maybe raise this issue to Formtastic later.

If you still need that function, you could just monkey patch it by placing the following code at config/initializers/formtastic.rb

module Formtastic
  module Inputs
    class SelectInput
      def multiple_with_options_fix?
        return false if options[:multiple] === false
        multiple_without_options_fix?
      end

      alias_method_chain :multiple?, :options_fix
    end
  end
end

And for your second question, you just need to add the following code into your model.

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  .....

  def to_label
    self.email
  end
end

edited Aug 2, 2012 at 5:16

answered Aug 2, 2012 at 4:59

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LyricalPanda Over a year ago

Thanks, worked like a charm with the monkey patch. I'll check out the to_label as well. Is there a way to change the to_label on the fly? For instance if one form I want to present .name, but on another I want to show .email as the to_label, is that possible?

StackNG Over a year ago

According to rubydoc.info/gems/formtastic/2.0.0/Formtastic/Helpers/… You could pass input options :member_label, or :label_method for older version of Formtastic

Shalvika · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-07 07:39:19Z

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I am not sure if I understand your problem correctly. Do you want to change just the label of the input element or do you want to change the type of attribute that is displayed? If its just the label value then you could use

f.inputs :users, :label=>"Email"

I don't think there is any clean way to change the label at run time. You could probably achieve it by checking the 'action' value in the params hash. So for example when you display this view on the new action you could say

<% if params[:action]="new"%>
f.inputs :users, :label=>"Email"
<%else%>
f.inputs :users, :label=>"Name"
<%end%>

Hope it helps

answered Aug 7, 2012 at 7:39

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