Add HTML formatting to text_fields

[Colin Stodd]

Hey guys, another newb here :)  Anyway, I'm building another social network, and I would like to be able to have users type in some text in the "Comment" area, and when they put a "new line" space to make a new paragraph, have it show up when its posted to the site.

1.  Is there a way for them to do it without having to add a <br /> tag.  Have it happen similarly to how this google group post is line-breaking?

if not

2.  Is there a way to make the text_field respond to HTML formatting?

Thanks in advance for your help!

[Dave Aronson]

On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Colin Stodd <cbs...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I would like to be able to have users type in some text in the "Comment"
> area, and when they put a "new line" space to make a new paragraph, have it
> show up when its posted to the site.

Check out simple_format. It preserves linebreaks, URLs, and some
other simple HTML, but (if I remember correctly) filters out a lot of
dangerous junk (like script tags). There are also some gems available
to add a WYSIWYG editor.

-Dave

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