Question

I would like to add a span element to my i18n localized label in Rails 3.2.3.

This is what I’ve got:

<%= f.label :address, "<span class=\"optional\">optional</span>".html_safe %>

However, in the output it produces:

<label for="person_address">
  <span class="optional">optional</span>
</label>

What I need is this:

<label for="person_address">
  Address <span class="optional">optional</span>
</label>

Can anybody tell me how to do this?

Answer 1

use the block form and translate the attribute name “manually” :

<%= f.label :address do %>
  <%= f.object.class.human_attribute_name :address %>
  <span class="optional">optional</span>
<% end %>

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