Question

I have the following code in my view:

<%= form_tag searches_path, :method => 'get', :class => "nav_search" do %>
  <%= hidden_field_tag "type", "publications" %>
  <%= text_field_tag :query, nil, :placeholder => t('publications') %>
<% end %>

And this in my en.yml file:

en:
  views:
    layout:
      publications: 'publications'

Although I18n works elsewhere on the site, whenever I put it in a placeholder like this, I get odd results. The text field contains this as a placeholder:

<span class=

Followed by this text outside of the placeholder:

Publications" type="text" /> 

Any idea what could be going on?

Answer 1

Easiest thing here is to specify the full translation key like this :

<%= text_field_tag :query, nil, :placeholder => t('views.layout.publications') %>