How do i write a cleaner date picker input for SimpleForm

Question

I love the simple_form gem for rails but i dont like this line of code:

<%= f.input :deadline, :as => :string, :input_html => { :class          


        

Answer 1

Based on @kikito's answer, I did this to get a native datepicker (i.e. no special JS classes).

config/initializers/simple_form_datepicker.rb

class SimpleForm::Inputs::DatepickerInput < SimpleForm::Inputs::StringInput 
  def input                    
    input_html_options[:type] = "date"
    super
  end
end

Then used it like:

f.input :paid_on, as: :datepicker

Note that if you also have a simple_form_bootstrap3.rb initializer or similar, like we did, you should:

1. add DatepickerInput to its list of inputs
2. make sure the simple_form_bootstrap3.rb (or similar) initializer loads after simple_form_datepicker.rb, so that the DatepickerInput class is available. Do that by e.g. renaming the datepicker initializer to simple_form_0_datepicker.rb.