link_to image_tag with inner text or html in rails

Question

I want to output the following with Ruby on Rails link_to and image_tag methods:

Lorem Ipsum 

        

Answer 1

You can use blocks as an alternative to the string interpolation with correct usage html_safe. For example:

<%= link_to '#' do %>
  Lorem Ipsum <%= image_tag('/images/menu-arrow-down.gif') %>
<% end %>