`:autofocus => true` becomes `autofocus='autofocus'` in the html (which doesn't work)

[chadoh]

I am trying to use the html5 "autofocus" attribute.

= f.input :email, :required => false, :input_html => { :autofocus => true }

= f.input :email, :required => false, :input_html => { :autofocus => "true" }

Both result in 

<input autofocus="autofocus" class="string email optional" id="person_email" maxlength="255" name="person[email]" size="50" type="email">

What do I need to do here? Report a bug?

Also, html5 doesn't require even having the "='true' "; I should just be able to put "autofocus". Any plans to support that? 

[Rafael Mendonça França]

You can report this issue on github. I will provide a patch for this.

Rafael Mendonça França
Twitter: http://twitter.com/rafaelfranca
Blog: www.rafaelfranca.com.br

[Rafael Mendonça França]

Oh.

This behavior is from Rails, specifically in this line: https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb#L144

I think that you will have to create a issue in Rails.

Rafael Mendonça França
Twitter: http://twitter.com/rafaelfranca
Blog: www.rafaelfranca.com.br

[Carlos Antonio da Silva]

Right, this is a Rails issue. Rails converts boolean attributes (such as checked and disabled) to this format, that was the default for the attributes so far.

Thanks guys.

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Carlos A. da Silva

[chadoh]

Dang. Thanks for info. I'll take it up with the Rails team.