Generate HTML tables in a simple and clean way.

gem 'simple_table_for'

<%= table_for @users, [:name, :email, 'Registration date', 'Comments count', '-', '-'] do |user| %>
  <%= field user.name %>
  <%= field user.email %>
  <%= field l(user.created_at, format: '%d/%m/%Y') %>
  <%= field user.comments.count %>
  <%= field link_to('View', user) %>
  <%= field link_to('View', edit_users_path(user)) %>
<% end %>

The above will generate a table like:

The second parameter is a array of headers. For a Symbol header, the helper will get the localizated name in config/locales folder. Example: for a @users collection and :name header it will search for '/activerecord/attributes/user/name'. For a String header, the helper will just print it as is.

You can optionally give adicional options, like id or classes to tables and fields:

<%= table_for @users, [:name, '-'], id: 'users-table', class: 'table' do |user| %>
  <%= field user.name, class: 'user-name' %>
  <%= field link_to('View', user), class: 'user-link' %>
<% end %>

table_for is aliased as simple_table_for, and field is aliased as column:

<%= simple_table_for @products, [:product_name, :price, 'Number of orders'] do |product| %>
  <%= column product.product_name %>
  <%= column product.price %>
  <%= column product.orders.count %>
<% end %>

You can also set a default class for tables:

# application.rb
class Application < Rails:Application
  # for a Bootstrap table
  config.simple_table_for.defaults = {
    class: 'table table-condensed table-striped table-bordered'
  }
end

This project uses MIT-LICENSE.

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/andreynering/simple_table_for/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request