Question

in my rails 3 app I use devise. For the password reset form I have:

<%= form_for(resource, :as => resource_name, :url => password_path(resource_name), :html => { :method => :put }) do |f| %>
    <%= devise_error_messages! %>
    <%= f.hidden_field :reset_password_token %>
    ......

I want to remove the devise_error_message and stick with the rails flash, but that’s not working as the errors are not being sent to flash?

<% flash.each do |key, value| %>
<div id="message-drawer">
    <div class="message error">
        <div class="message-inside"><span><%= value %></span>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
<% end %>   

flash is empty? Why? Thanks

Answer 1

flash is empty because those are model validation error messages which are printed using the helper method devise_error_message! . You can always override it:
https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/blob/master/app/helpers/devise_helper.rb

But it is a lot easier to customize your devise related messages via the I18n file: config/locales/devise.en.yml