Persistent Checkbox Rails

Whats the problem #

The default form helper for checkbox gives us weird mess of options to work with
And i found them very very annoying to a beginner like me, the issue
is when you submit a form with your checked checkboxes, they goto server as
usual params (with “0” and “1”, definetly not good for html we gonna need render next page)

{
	"is_mad"=>"1", 
	"q"=>"rails is fcked up", 
	"commit"=>"Search"
	}

but when you render the you try with input checkbox

value=params[:is_mad]

and you get 1
which doesnt represents the checked state of checkbox so here’s the solution

<%= form.check_box :is_mad, checked: true ? params[:is_mad].to_i == 1 : false, class:"bs-sucks" %>

• And this works as expected you get desired state of checkbox, entered by user.

• Dunno why this isn’t posted anywhere on the internet all i see broken checkboxs

• Examples:
  • Bad Programming Hub
  • Reddit post

Thanks for reading :) #