update explanation of check box generation according to f400209

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Xavier Noria
2009-03-17 18:50:50 +01:00
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@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ module ActionView
#
# The HTML specification says unchecked check boxes are not successful, and
# thus web browsers do not send them. Unfortunately this introduces a gotcha:
# if an Invoice model has a +paid+ flag, and in the form that edits a paid
# if an +Invoice+ model has a +paid+ flag, and in the form that edits a paid
# invoice the user unchecks its check box, no +paid+ parameter is sent. So,
# any mass-assignment idiom like
#
@@ -636,12 +636,15 @@ module ActionView
#
# wouldn't update the flag.
#
# To prevent this the helper generates a hidden field with the same name as
# the checkbox after the very check box. So, the client either sends only the
# hidden field (representing the check box is unchecked), or both fields.
# Since the HTML specification says key/value pairs have to be sent in the
# same order they appear in the form and Rails parameters extraction always
# gets the first occurrence of any given key, that works in ordinary forms.
# To prevent this the helper generates an auxiliary hidden field before
# the very check box. The hidden field has the same name and its
# attributes mimick an unchecked check box.
#
# This way, the client either sends only the hidden field (representing
# the check box is unchecked), or both fields. Since the HTML specification
# says key/value pairs have to be sent in the same order they appear in the
# form, and parameters extraction gets the last occurrence of any repeated
# key in the query string, that works for ordinary forms.
#
# Unfortunately that workaround does not work when the check box goes
# within an array-like parameter, as in