How to add a switch toggle button to simple form in rails

Question

I'm using Rails 4 and Simple Form with Bootstrap.

I want that my checkbox will not like that:

<%= c.input :my_bool_field, label: false, class: "form-control" %>

but something like that (I have the CSS for that)

<label class="switch switch-primary">
    <input type="checkbox" />
    <span></span>
</label>

I know I can use simple_form wrappers, but I find them a little bit confusing.. Can someone help me up creating the checkbox with that styling?

Answer 1

Could you go to this link and check it out "Switches". getbootstrap.com

I hope this example serves you, I'm currently use Bootstrap 4.3 and Rails 5.2;

Use a "custom-switch" in the form of your Model and its going to work:

-- model/_form.html.erb

<%= form_with(model: employee, local: true) do |form| %>
 <div class="custom-control custom-switch">
    <%= form.check_box :active, class: "custom-control-input", id: "customSwitch1"   %>
  <label class="custom-control-label" for="customSwitch1">Status: </label>
 </div>
 <div class="actions">
     <%= form.submit %>
 </div>
<% end %>

I hope helps you, I'm a newbie in Rails and Bootstrap.

Regards!

Answer 2

I found this project very useful and complete. It is based on twitter bootstrap: http://www.bootstraptoggle.com/

There is a rails gem that embedded it :