tag("div", data: { name: 'Stephen', city_state: %w(Chicago IL) })

# =>
tag("img", { src: "open & shut.png" }, false, false)

# =>
tag("img", src: "open & shut.png")

# =>
tag("input", type: 'text', class: ["strong", "highlight"])

# =>
tag("input", type: 'text', disabled: true)

# =>

tag("br", nil, true)

# =>

tag("br")

==== Examples

pointing to a hash of sub-attributes.
HTML5 data-* attributes can be set with a single +data+ key

+disabled+ and +readonly+.
Use +true+ with boolean attributes that can render with no value, like

You can use symbols or strings for the attribute names.

==== Options

escaping.
hash to +options+. Set +escape+ to false to disable attribute value
with HTML 4.0 and below. Add HTML attributes by passing an attributes
compliant. Set +open+ to true to create an open tag compatible
It returns an empty HTML tag of type +name+ which by default is XHTML

tag(name, options = nil, open = false, escape = true)

The following format is for legacy syntax support. It will be deprecated in future versions of \Rails.

=== Legacy syntax

# => Get Started!
class="primary">Get Started!

# =>
>

prefixed attributes:
aria: or data: objects into aria- and data-
Transforms keys nested within
ERB. Includes or omits boolean attributes based on their truthiness.
Transforms a Hash into HTML attributes, ready to be interpolated into

=== Building HTML attributes

tag.br # =>

# A void element:

tag.div # =>
# A standard element:

if no content is passed, and omits closing tags for those elements.
{HTML5 void elements}[https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/syntax.html#void-elements]
The tag builder respects

# =>
tag.img src: 'open & shut.png', escape: false

# =>
tag.img src: 'open & shut.png'

+escape+.
The generated tag names and attributes are escaped by default. This can be disabled using

# =>
tag.div data: { city_state: %w( Chicago IL ) }

from 1.4.3.
This may come in handy when using jQuery's HTML5-aware .data()
BigDecimals.
Data attribute values are encoded to JSON, with the exception of strings, symbols, and

Thus data-user-id can be accessed as dataset.userId.

# =>

tag.article data: { user_id: 123 }

To play nicely with JavaScript conventions, sub-attributes are dasherized.

single +data+ or +aria+ key pointing to a hash of sub-attributes.
HTML5 data-* and aria-* attributes can be set with a

# =>
tag.input type: 'text', disabled: true

Pass +true+ for any attributes that can render with no values, like +disabled+ and +readonly+.

# =>

tag.section id: dom_id(@post)

# =>

tag.section class: %w( kitties puppies )

Use symbol keyed options to add attributes to the generated tag.

==== Options

# =>

The next great American novel starts here.

<% end %>
The next great American novel starts here.
<%= tag.p do %>

Content can also be captured with a block, which is useful in templates:

tag.div tag.p('Hello world!') # =>

tag.h1 'All titles fit to print' # =>

All titles fit to print

Tags can pass content to embed within it:

==== Passing content

where tag name can be e.g. br, div, section, article, or any tag really.

tag.(optional content, options)

Builds HTML5 compliant tags with a tag proxy. Every tag can be built with:

=== Building HTML tags

Returns an HTML tag.

def tag(name = nil, options = nil, open = false, escape = true)
  if name.nil?
    tag_builder
  else
    name = ERB::Util.xml_name_escape(name) if escape
    "<#{name}#{tag_builder.tag_options(options, escape) if options}#{open ? ">" : " />"}".html_safe
  end
end