Problem showing the 'size' attribute for a 'file_field' using Ruby on Rails 3

I am using Ruby on Rails 3 and I have a form like this:

<%= form_for(@user, ... ) do |f| %>
  ...
  <%=开发者_开发知识库 f.file_field :avatar, :id => "test_id", :style => "display: block", :size => "13" %>
  ...
<% end %>

When I go to see the source of the page, this is the HTML code generated:

<input type="file" style="display: block;" name="user[avatar]" id="test_id">

that means the 'size' attribute there isn't.

I tried on Firefox, Chrome and Safari: same output, but it seems to have everything set correctly.

Is it a problem related to RoR3?

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I actually found that the size attribute is intentionally left out of the Rails source code here:

https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/75366cb82dc6fa4b3dada2a450dda18496f3eddd/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb#L734

"to_input_field_tag("file", options.update({:size => nil})"

Don't know why but glad to hear you found a workaround.

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Here is a workaround by specifying the size in the style.

<%= f.file_field :avatar, :style=>"width: 13px" %>

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Ya seems so but..

I thought of another alternative : jquery ..

$('#test_id').attr('size', 1);

bingo!!

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The size of a file field isn't configurable due to how browsers choose to render them and has nothing to do with Rails.