link CSS file to Haml layout Template

Question

I am trying to link css file to haml layout template

I have method in ApplicationHelper to generate proper html

module ApplicationHelper

  def styletag(sheet_name)
    "<link rel='stylesheet' href='/assets/stylesheets/#{sheet_name}.css'>"
  end

end

and also link to layout template

!!! 5
%html
  %head
    %title Rotten Potatoes!
    = stylesheet_link_tag 'application'
    = styletag 'default'
    = javascript_include_tag 'application'
    = csrf_meta_tags
  %body
    = yield

but it seems like haml doesn't consider it like a tag and it's displayed like a text.

Answer 1

You need to add html_safe. Rails by default is escaping the html in your text so you need to tell rails that it should not do so.

See http://apidock.com/rails/ActionView/Helpers/AssetTagHelper/stylesheet_link_tag and click "Show Source" If you change it to this:

def styletag(sheet_name)
    "<link rel='stylesheet' href='/assets/stylesheets/#{sheet_name}.css'>".html_safe
end

it should work for you