What is the equivalent of HTML'S input tag in Rails?

Question

I want to be able to generate this

<input id="address" type="textarea" value="Write your Address here.">

Using some ruby form helpers.

Any hints ?

Answer 1

I assume you meant textarea since there is no such thing as textbox.

http://apidock.com/rails/ActionView/Helpers/FormTagHelper/text_area_tag

if it's not tied to a field in your model

http://apidock.com/rails/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper/text_area

if it is.