Rails form text field helper, how to make the input area wider?

Question

How do I make the text field area wider?

I tried:

f.text_field :title, size => 150

I also tried width, I am missing something here, what is it?

Answer 1

You can also do something like:

    <%= f.text_area :description, :cols => "10", :rows => "10" %>

Answer 2

I think it should be

f.text_field :title, :size => 150

Or, you can add :class option and use css to define the size (I prefer)

Answer 3

Are you using the same in your code. I think you are missing a colon before the size.

<%= f.text_field :title, :size => 150 %>

or you can use

<%= f.text_field :title, "size" => 150 %>

size is an undefined local variable whereas :size and "size" are passed as options to the text field form helper

Answer 4

You can do it by simply using rows option in your text field. Like

<%= f.text_area :fieldname, :rows => "10" %>