Give :collection is enough to active :select type.

TODO.rdoc

@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@
 * Sample CSS
 * Test forms with non objects
 * Get default string options from column definition
-* Improve input_type heuristic (but do not :integer, :float and :decimal to numeric, for example)
+* Improve input_type heuristic
 * Detect label and values automatically
 * Add support to default :include_blank
 * Add support to default label method
 * Add wrapper support
 * Improve readme with examples
+* :country, :time_zone and :file support
 
 == Associations
 

lib/simple_form/form_builder.rb

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module SimpleForm
     attr_reader :template
 
     def input(attribute, options={})
-      input_type = (options[:as] || default_input_type(attribute)).to_sym
+      input_type = default_input_type(attribute, options)
 
       pieces = self.components.collect do |klass|
         next if options[klass.basename] == false
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ module SimpleForm
 
     private
 
-      def default_input_type(attribute)
+      def default_input_type(attribute, options)
+        return options[:as].to_sym if options[:as]
+        return :select             if options[:collection]
+
         column = @object.column_for_attribute(attribute)
         input_type = column.type
 

test/form_builder_test.rb

@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ class FormBuilderTest < ActionView::TestCase
     assert_select 'form select#user_updated_at_1i.datetime'
   end
 
+  test 'build should generate select if a collection is given' do
+    with_form_for :age, :collection => 1..60
+    assert_select 'form select#user_age.select'
+  end
+
   test 'builder should allow overriding default input type for text' do
     with_form_for :name, :as => :text
     assert_no_select 'form input#user_name'