How to wrap every select of date_select with a div in Rails?

Question

I\'m using Ruby on Rails 3 to create a form for the user, where he can save his birthdate. All the actions around the controller and model work just fine. But I\'m having tr

Answer 1

Method 1 (Difficult)

Override the date_select code to handle this special instance for you: https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/date_helper.rb#L283

Method 2 (Easy)

Use jQuery:

// Find all select boxes that have an ID attribute containing "birthday"
// and wrap a div tag around them with a certain class
$('select[id*="birthday"]').wrapAll('
');