Question

How do I render form_for error messages outside of the form_for div?

This is what I have now:

<div id="editUser_form", class="round">
<h1>Edit user</h1>

<%= form_for @user, :html => { :multipart => true } do |f| %>
<%= render 'shared/error_messages', :object => f.object %>
...
<% end %>
</div>

However, I want it to look more like this:

<%= render 'shared/error_messages', :object => f.object %>

<div id="editUser_form", class="round">
<h1>Edit user</h1>

<%= form_for @user, :html => { :multipart => true } do |f| %>
...
<% end %>
</div>

The code above gives me an error because :object => f.object must be part of the form. Is there a way to pass the f.object to the shared/error_messages?

Thanks!

Answer 1

The object is @user, so you can do this:

<%= render 'shared/error_messages', :object => @user %>

Anywhere that @user is defined, as long as the partial doesn’t rely on anything else in the form object.