error_messages_for also takes :message and :header_message options which defaults to the old "There were problems with the following fields:" and "<count> errors prohibited this <object_name> from being saved". Closes #8270.

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@7870 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

actionpack/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* error_messages_for also takes :message and :header_message options which defaults to the old "There were problems with the following fields:" and "<count> errors prohibited this <object_name> from being saved".  #8270 [rmm5t, zach-inglis-lt3]
+
 * Make sure that custom inflections are picked up by map.resources.  #9815 [mislav]
 
 * Changed SanitizeHelper#sanitize to only allow the custom attributes and tags when specified in the call [DHH]

actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/active_record_helper.rb

@@ -106,11 +106,10 @@ module ActionView
       # * <tt>header_tag</tt> - Used for the header of the error div (default: h2)
       # * <tt>id</tt> - The id of the error div (default: errorExplanation)
       # * <tt>class</tt> - The class of the error div (default: errorExplanation)
-      # * <tt>object</tt> - The object (or array of objects) for which to display errors, 
+      # * <tt>object</tt> - The object (or array of objects) for which to display errors, if you need to escape the instance variable convention
-      # if you need to escape the instance variable convention
+      # * <tt>object_name</tt> - The object name to use in the header, or any text that you prefer. If <tt>object_name</tt> is not set, the name of the first object will be used.
-      # * <tt>object_name</tt> - The object name to use in the header, or
+      # * <tt>header_message</tt> - The message in the header of the error div.  Pass +nil+ or an empty string to avoid the header message altogether. (default: X errors prohibited this object from being saved)
-      # any text that you prefer. If <tt>object_name</tt> is not set, the name of
+      # * <tt>message</tt> - The explanation message after the header message and before the error list.  Pass +nil+ or an empty string to avoid the explanation message altogether.  (default: There were problems with the following fields:)
-      # the first object will be used.
       #
       # To specify the display for one object, you simply provide its name as a parameter.  For example, for the +User+ model:
       # 
@@ -147,14 +146,17 @@ module ActionView
               html[key] = 'errorExplanation'
             end
           end
-          header_message = "#{pluralize(count, 'error')} prohibited this #{(options[:object_name] || params.first).to_s.gsub('_', ' ')} from being saved"
+          options[:object_name] ||= params.first
+          options[:header_message] = "#{pluralize(count, 'error')} prohibited this #{options[:object_name].to_s.gsub('_', ' ')} from being saved" unless options.include?(:header_message)
+          options[:message] ||= 'There were problems with the following fields:' unless options.include?(:message)
           error_messages = objects.map {|object| object.errors.full_messages.map {|msg| content_tag(:li, msg) } }
-          content_tag(:div,
+
-            content_tag(options[:header_tag] || :h2, header_message) <<
+          contents = ''
-              content_tag(:p, 'There were problems with the following fields:') <<
+          contents << content_tag(options[:header_tag] || :h2, options[:header_message]) unless options[:header_message].blank?
-              content_tag(:ul, error_messages),
+          contents << content_tag(:p, options[:message]) unless options[:message].blank?
-            html
+          contents << content_tag(:ul, error_messages)
-          )
+
+          content_tag(:div, contents, html)
         else
           ''
         end

actionpack/test/template/active_record_helper_test.rb

@@ -207,6 +207,14 @@ class ActiveRecordHelperTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
     # should space object name
     assert_dom_equal %(<div class="errorExplanation" id="errorExplanation"><h2>2 errors prohibited this chunky bacon from being saved</h2><p>There were problems with the following fields:</p><ul><li>User email can't be empty</li><li>Author name can't be empty</li></ul></div>), error_messages_for(:user, :post, :object_name => "chunky_bacon")
+
+    # hide header and explanation messages with nil or empty string
+    assert_dom_equal %(<div class="errorExplanation" id="errorExplanation"><ul><li>User email can't be empty</li><li>Author name can't be empty</li></ul></div>), error_messages_for(:user, :post, :header_message => nil, :message => "")
+
+    # override header and explanation messages
+    header_message = "Yikes! Some errors"
+    message = "Please fix the following fields and resubmit:"
+    assert_dom_equal %(<div class="errorExplanation" id="errorExplanation"><h2>#{header_message}</h2><p>#{message}</p><ul><li>User email can't be empty</li><li>Author name can't be empty</li></ul></div>), error_messages_for(:user, :post, :header_message => header_message, :message => message)
   end
   
   def test_error_messages_for_non_instance_variable