NAME

Mojolicious::Plugin::TagHelpers - Tag Helpers Plugin

SYNOPSIS

# Mojolicious
$self->plugin('tag_helpers');

# Mojolicious::Lite
plugin 'tag_helpers';

DESCRIPTION

Mojolicous::Plugin::TagHelpers is a collection of HTML5 tag helpers for Mojolicious. This is a core plugin, that means it is always enabled and its code a good example for learning to build new plugins. Note that this module is EXPERIMENTAL and might change without warning!

Helpers

base_tag
<%= base_tag %>

Generate base tag refering to the current base URL.

<base href="http://localhost/cgi-bin/myapp.pl" />
check_box
<%= check_box employed => 1 %>
<%= check_box employed => 1, id => 'foo' %>

Generate checkbox input element.

<input name="employed" type="checkbox" value="1" />
<input id="foo" name="employed" type="checkbox" value="1" />
file_field
<%= file_field 'avatar' %>
<%= file_field 'avatar', id => 'foo' %>

Generate file input element.

<input name="avatar" type="file" />
<input id="foo" name="avatar" type="file" />
form_for
<%= form_for login => (method => 'post') => begin %>
    <%= text_field 'first_name' %>
    <%= submit_button %>
<% end %>
<%= form_for login => {foo => 'bar'} => (method => 'post') => begin %>
    <%= text_field 'first_name' %>
    <%= submit_button %>
<% end %>
<%= form_for '/login' => (method => 'post') => begin %>
    <%= text_field 'first_name' %>
    <%= submit_button %>
<% end %>
<%= form_for 'http://kraih.com/login' => (method => 'post') => begin %>
    <%= text_field 'first_name' %>
    <%= submit_button %>
<% end %>

Generate form for route, path or URL.

<form action="/path/to/login" method="post">
    <input name="first_name" />
    <input value="Ok" type="submit" />
</form>
<form action="/path/to/login/bar" method="post">
    <input name="first_name" />
    <input value="Ok" type="submit" />
</form>
<form action="/login" method="post">
    <input name="first_name" />
    <input value="Ok" type="submit" />
</form>
<form action="http://kraih.com/login" method="post">
    <input name="first_name" />
    <input value="Ok" type="submit" />
</form>
hidden_field
<%= hidden_field foo => 'bar' %>
<%= hidden_field foo => 'bar', id => 'bar' %>

Generate hidden input element.

<input name="foo" type="hidden" value="bar" />
<input id="bar" name="foo" type="hidden" value="bar" />
input_tag
<%= input_tag 'first_name' %>
<%= input_tag 'first_name', value => 'Default name' %>
<%= input_tag 'employed', type => 'checkbox' %>
<%= input_tag 'country', type => 'radio', value => 'germany' %>

Generate form input element.

<input name="first_name" />
<input name="first_name" value="Default name" />
<input name="employed" type="checkbox" />
<input name="country" type="radio" value="germany" />
javascript
<%= javascript 'script.js' %>
<%= javascript begin %>
    var a = 'b';
<% end %>

Generate script tag for Javascript asset.

<script src="script.js" type="text/javascript" />
<script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[
    var a = 'b';
]]></script>
<%= link_to Home => 'index' %>
<%= link_to index => begin %>Home<% end %>
<%= link_to index => {foo => 'bar'} => (class => 'links') => begin %>
    Home
<% end %>
<%= link_to '/path/to/file' => begin %>File<% end %>
<%= link_to 'http://mojolicious.org' => begin %>Mojolicious<% end %>
<%= link_to url_for->query(foo => $foo) => begin %>Retry<% end %>

Generate link to route, path or URL, by default the capitalized link target will be used as content.

<a href="/path/to/index">Home</a>
<a href="/path/to/index">Home</a>
<a class="links" href="/path/to/index/bar">Home</a>
<a href="/path/to/file">File</a>
<a href="http://mojolicious.org">Mojolicious</a>
<a href="/current/path?foo=something">Retry</a>
password_field
<%= password_field 'pass' %>
<%= password_field 'pass', id => 'foo' %>

Generate password input element.

<input name="pass" type="password" />
<input id="foo" name="pass" type="password" />
radio_button
<%= radio_button country => 'germany' %>
<%= radio_button country => 'germany', id => 'foo' %>

Generate radio input element.

<input name="country" type="radio" value="germany" />
<input id="foo" name="country" type="radio" value="germany" />
select_field
<%= select_field language => [qw/de en/] %>
<%= select_field language => [qw/de en/], id => 'lang' %>
<%= select_field country => [[Germany => 'de'], 'en'] %>
<%= select_field country => [[Europe => [Germany => 'de']]] %>

Generate select, option and optgroup elements.

<select name="language">
    <option name="de">de</option>
    <option name="en">en</option>
</select>
<select id="lang" name="language">
    <option name="de">de</option>
    <option name="en">en</option>
</select>
<select name="country">
    <option name="de">Germany</option>
    <option name="en">en</option>
</select>
<select id="lang" name="language">
    <optgroup label="Europe">
        <option name="de">Germany</option>
        <option name="en">en</option>
    </optgroup>
</select>
stylesheet
<%= stylesheet 'foo.css %>
<%= stylesheet begin %>
    body {color: #000}
<% end %>

Generate style or link tag for CSS asset.

<link href="foo.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css"><![CDATA[
    body {color: #000}
]]></style>
submit_button
<%= submit_button %>
<%= submit_button 'Ok!', id => 'foo' %>

Generate submit input element.

<input type="submit" value="Ok" />
<input id="foo" type="submit" value="Ok!" />
tag
<%= tag 'div' %>
<%= tag 'div', id => 'foo' %>
<%= tag div => begin %>Content<% end %>

HTML5 tag generator.

<div />
<div id="foo" />
<div>Content</div>
text_field
<%= text_field 'first_name' %>
<%= text_field 'first_name', value => 'Default name' %>

Generate text input element.

<input name="first_name" />
<input name="first_name" value="Default name" />
text_area
<%= text_area 'foo' %>
<%= text_area foo => begin %>
    Default!
<% end %>

Generate textarea element.

<textarea name="foo"></textarea>
<textarea name="foo">
    Default!
</textarea>

METHODS

Mojolicious::Plugin::TagHelpers inherits all methods from Mojolicious::Plugin and implements the following new ones.

register

$plugin->register;

Register helpers in Mojolicious application.

SEE ALSO

Mojolicious, Mojolicious::Guides, http://mojolicious.org.