Question

    <p class="acp3">
    <label>Status</label>
       <select>
        <% if <option>Active</option> %>
            <%= account["status"] == "Active" %>
        <% elsif <option>Disabled</option> %>
            <%= account["status"] == "Disabled" %>
        <% end %>
       </select>
</p>

I am creating a selector with the html and I want to be able to have it access that variable when the specific selector is choosed. Is there a way to do this with Rails or is there a javascript way of doing it?

Answer 1

I figured out how to do it I needed to do this.

<select name="status">
                        <option value="active">Active</option>
                        <option value="disabled" selected="selected">Disabled</option>

that allowed me to access the options like I wanted too.