Question

I’m trying to insert some tags inside link that was created using link_to helper
I want something like <a href = "#">Somename <sometag></sometag></a>
I tried to use

<%= link_to 'Somename',  {:action => 'somepath' }, :class => 'btn' do %>
<i class="icon-file icon-white"></i>
<%end%>

but it gave me some wierd result. How can i do that?

Answer 1

When using a block with link_to, the first argument should be the url/path. Whatever is inside the block will be inserted inside the <a> tags.

<%= link_to {:action => 'somepath' }, :class => 'btn' do %>
  <i class="icon-file icon-white"></i> Somename
<% end %>

Is probably closer to what you want.