Unable to access validation errors using bootstrap_forms gem

Question

Unable to display validation errors using the gem 'bootstrap_forms', '~> 2.0.0' (http://github.com/potenza/bootstrap_form).

models/client.rb

class Client < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible :name
  validates :name, :presence => true
end

views/clients/new.html.haml

= bootstrap_form_for @client do |f|
  = f.object.errors.messages
  %h1 Create New Client
  .row-fluid
    .span3= f.text_field :name, :class => 'span50'
  = f.submit

When submitting the above form code, f.object.class is 'Client', and f.object.messages is an empty hash.

Switching this code to use rails built in form builder allows me to see the validation errors:

views/clients/new.html.haml

= form_for @client do |f|
  = f.object.errors.messages
  %h1 Create New Client
  .row-fluid
    .span3= f.text_field :name, :class => 'span50'
  = f.submit

Using this, f.object.messages is {:name=>["can't be blank"]}.

Does this make any sense? I cannot understand why f.object.errors.messages is empty.

Answer 1

Try this:

  f.errors.full_messages