link_to image_tag with inner text or html in rails

Question

I want to output the following with Ruby on Rails link_to and image_tag methods:

<a href="#">Lorem Ipsum <img src="/images/menu-arrow-down.gif"></a> 

What would be a good way in Rails?

Answer 1

You can use blocks as an alternative to the string interpolation with correct usage html_safe. For example:

<%= link_to '#' do %>   Lorem Ipsum <%= image_tag('/images/menu-arrow-down.gif') %> <% end %> 

Answer 2

Or a shorter way is

<%= link_to image_tag('image/someimage.png') + "Some text", some_path %>