Question

I’m developing in rails right now and I was wondering if there are any easy ways to add some style to the button_to control.

Can you add styling to the

 <%= submit_tag 'Log in' %>

or

 <%= button_to "Show Me", {:controller => 'personal', :action => "add" } %>

It would be great to change the color….But brownie point if someone can tell me how to make it an image

Answer 1

Since you’re using an image, there is no reason to use button_to instead of link_to, “button look” will be lost to the user. You can create an image with a link like so:

<%= link_to image_tag("rails.png"), {:controller => 'foo', :action => "bar" } %>

If, for some reason, you need to use button_to, you can give it a CSS class and apply some styles via that:

 <%= button_to "Show Me", {:controller => 'personal', :action => "add" }, {:class => "buttonTo" } %>