module ErrorMessagesHelper # Render error messages for the given objects. The :message and :header_message options are allowed. def error_messages_for(*objects) options = objects.extract_options! options[:header_message] ||= I18n.t(:"activerecord.errors.header", :default => "Invalid Fields") options[:message] ||= I18n.t(:"activerecord.errors.message", :default => "Correct the following errors and try again.") messages = objects.compact.map { |o| o.errors.full_messages }.flatten unless messages.empty? content_tag(:div, :class => "error_messages") do list_items = messages.map { |msg| content_tag(:li, msg.html_safe) } content_tag(:h2, options[:header_message].html_safe) + content_tag(:p, options[:message].html_safe) + content_tag(:ul, list_items.join.html_safe) end end end module FormBuilderAdditions def error_messages(options = {}) @template.error_messages_for(@object, options) end end end ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder.send(:include, ErrorMessagesHelper::FormBuilderAdditions)