Adding HTML to ruby on rails flash message

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I have a `flash[:success]` message which goes like this: `flash[:success] = "This text is now bold."`. However, when I go to make the text bold, it just wraps HTML characters around the message, rather than actually turning bold. ``` This text is now bold ``` How can I go about including HTML into flash messages?

Accepted Answer

Use `<%= flash[:success].html_safe %>` in your view. Whenever your `flash[:success]` is blank, it will show error due to `html_safe`. So it is better to use a condition. So try with the following to prevent that error: ``` <%= flash[:success].html_safe unless flash[:success].blank? %> ``` You could also use `.try` to prevent that error: ``` <%= flash[:success].try(:html_safe) %> ``` And if you know there is content for sure, you can also try: ``` <%= raw flash[:success] %> ``` ERB-specific HTML display On top of that, since you are using ERB, you can use `h()` method for HTML-escaped strings: ``` <%= h flash[:success] %> ``` Check out this tutorial on ERB for other options such as for displaying JSON or URL-encoded strings.

Adding HTML to ruby on rails flash message

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