So I was trying to display some font-awesome icons, when a favorite is true or either false.
I had something similar like below:
Application Controller
def favorite_text
@favorite_exists ? '<i class="fas fa-heart"></i>' : '<i class="fas fa-heart-o"</i>'
end
helper_method :favorite_text
And in the view:
<%= link_to favorite_text, update_favorites_path, remote: true %>
You have to use the helper html_safe to signal that the hrml inside the string is safe and does not have to be escaped (simply speaking).
You can add this call inside your helper:
def favorite_text
(@favorite_exists ? '<i class="fas fa-heart"></i>' : '<i class="fas fa-heart-o"</i>').html_safe
end
Then you can create a link by calling link_to with a block:
<%= link_to update_favorites_path, remote: true do %>
<%= favorite_text %>
<% end %>
A more in-depth explanation can be found in the official docs: https://apidock.com/rails/String/html_safe
I faced a similar issue to show ratings stars of fontawesome but figured out a way through the below helper method
###in my application_helper.rb
def show_big_rating_stars(count)
if count && count > 0
(0...count).map { content_tag(:span, "" , class: "fa fa-star gold fa-2x") }.join
end
###this is how use it in my views
show_big_rating_stars(vendor.ratings.count)
Hope it helps.
