show_ui types

There are different show_ui types in ActiveScaffold, some may be useful for some column types only. The show ui types may use options from column’s options hash (conf.columns[:xxx].options = {...}), or an options hash set next to the type (conf.columns[:xxx].show_ui = :yyy, {...}).

Basic types

:horizontal

Only for associations, to display show columns of the associated records, instead of a list of labels for the associated record (with to_label or method set in :label_method option), the columns are displayed horizontally, as a table.

:text

It's used automatically in text type columns, display the whole value without truncating, using simple_format method from rails, :html_options key from show_ui_options, or Column#options hash, are passed as html_options argument, and the other options are passed as options argument to simple_format too.

:vertical

Only for associations, to display show columns of the associated records, instead of a list of labels for the associated record (with to_label or method set in :label_method option), the columns are displayed vertically.