Set form_for width in rails? - html

Question

Here is my code for my edit.html.erb:
<script src="http://js.nicedit.com/nicEdit-latest.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">bkLib.onDomLoaded(nicEditors.allTextAreas);</script>
<div class="row">
<br />
<div class="span12">
<h2>Main content</h2>
<%= form_for(#post) do |f| %>
<% if #post.errors.any? %>
<div id="errorExplanation">
<h2><%= pluralize(#post.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this post from being saved:</h2>
<ul>
<% #post.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
<li><%= msg %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<h1>New post</h1>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :Title %><br />
<%= f.text_field :title %>
</div>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :content %><br />
<%= f.text_area :content, :rows => "40", :cols => "40" %>
</div>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :slug_url %><br />
<%= f.text_field :slug_url %>
</div>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :Project %><br />
<%= f.text_field :project %>
</div>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :Desciption %><br />
<%= f.text_field :desc %>
</div>
<div>
<%= f.submit %>
</div>
<% end %>
</div>
</div>
On my webpage when it loads the form_for stuff is super skinny and won't break out of a very narrow section. When I got to inspect element and I look at the h2 it spans the whole 12 columns, but everything else doesn't. I can adjust the col number on the text area and it does nothing. It looks like it is defaulting to the the smallest text_field for it's width.
Any ideas on how I can figure out what is going wrong?

Answer 1

Try this:
<%= f.text_field :title, :style => "width:100px;" %>
It works for me and you can change the '100px' depend on your needs.

Answer 2

At the other answers mention, this should be handled by your CSS. Though it's difficult to know exactly without knowing the intracicies of your stylesheet, something like this:
.edit_post input[type=text], .edit_post textarea {
width: 100%;
/* or */
width: 450px;
}
will probably work.

Answer 3

Inspect your CSS. This is a pure CSS issue and has nothing to do with Rails.
(Bonus tip: Try Haml instead of ERb.)

Answer 4

Well, you haven't specified any sort of widths, unless you did in your stylesheet, which you didn't include in your post.
Are any of the lines wrapping (like the titles < h1 > or < h2 >) ? If they are and that's not what you want, you can add "white-space:nowrap:" to your h1/h2 styles in your stylesheet.
I also noticed you are looping and adding a list (< li >). Try specifying a width in the < ul > tag to force it to be the same width as the header tag (maybe width:100%;).
Just some ideas since I don't know what your stylesheet looks like :)