Action_Links¶ ↑

Action_Links automatically includes action links (show, edit, destroy) based on the current page and user roles/permissions.

Installation¶ ↑

Add the following to your Gemfile

gem "action_links"

From the command line

> bundle install

Action Links is built to work with Declarative Authorization

Configuration¶ ↑

Configuration is optional. Everything will work out of the box.

ActionLinks.configure do |config|
  @bootstrap_action_classes = { :show => 'btn', :edit => 'btn', :destroy => 'btn btn-danger' }
  @bootstrap_action_icons = { :show => 'icon-eye-open', :edit => 'icon-pencil', :destroy => 'icon-remove icon-white' }
  @action_icons = { :show => 'eye-open', :edit => 'pencil', :destroy => 'remove' }
end

Usage¶ ↑

• Basic Usage

  action_links @user
  

• Include actions

  action_links @user, :include => [:download]
  

• Exclude actions

  action_links @user, :exclude => [:edit, :destroy]
  

• Pass in block

  action_links @user do
    link_to "Hello World", dashboard_path
  end
  

• Bootstrap buttons. See configuration to customize button types and icons.

  bootstrap_action_links @user
  

• Namespaced objects

  action_links [:manage, @product]
  

• Return just the link with optional parameters

  =action_link :edit, @event
  // or more advanced
  =action_link :clone, @event, link_wrapper: :li, url: url_for([:clone, @event]), icon: 'copy', text: 'Copy', class: 'btn'

• You can even pass in custom attributes with the :html tag

  =action_link :clone, @event, class: 'btn', html: { id: 'super_cool_clone_button' }
  // NOTE: if you define 'class' in the :html hash, it will overwrite the default class,
  //       otherwise you can define class outside of the :html hash like in the above example 
  //       and it will be added to the default value.