make boolean form field hidden

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I have a boolean to make comments public or private. The boolean is a column in submissions and I have it working in a clumsy way right now and would like to eliminate the checkbox from the form, replacing with a hidden field, so that all the user sees is the submit button, conditional based on the boolean state: submissions#show: ``` <% if @submission.comment_show == true %> <%= render "hide_comment_form" %> <%= render "comments/comment" %> <% else %> <%= render "show_comment_form" %> <% end %> ``` _show_comment_form ``` <%= simple_form_for [@contest, @submission] do |f| %>

<%= f.input :comment_show, label: false %> <%= hidden_field_tag :contest_id, @contest.id %> <%= f.submit "Make Comments Public", :class => 'btn btn-mini' %>

<% end %> ``` _hide_comment_form ``` <%= simple_form_for [@contest, @submission] do |f| %>

<%= f.input :comment_show, label: false %> <%= hidden_field_tag :contest_id, @contest.id %> <%= f.submit "Make Comments Private", :cl…

Accepted Answer

See the answer to this SO question: rails simple_form - hidden field - create?

Since you are using simple form, you can do something like this:

```
 f.input :contest_id, :as => :hidden, :input_html => { :value => @contest.id }
```

make boolean form field hidden

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