Question

I am working on a simple private messaging application and, when replying to a message, I would like to display the original message a few spaces down in the text area. Here is what I am putting:

<%= f.input :content, :as=>:text, :label => "Reply", :input_html => { :value=> "<br /><br />Original Message: #{@message.content}".html_safe } %>

and.. here is what I’m seeing:

Answer 1

try with \n instead of <br/>, and also, apply html_safe only to @message.content, not to the whole string:

<%= f.input :content, :as=>:text, :label => "Reply", :input_html => { :value=> "\n\nOriginal Message: " + @message.content.html_safe } %>