bit of form cleanup

app/helpers/application_helper.rb

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     return "" unless story
     text_length = story.text.length
     template = "text"
-    template = "half" if text_length < 200
-    template = "pic" if text_length < 100
+    template = "half" if text_length < 400
+    template = "pic" if text_length < 200
     render partial: "stories/#{template}" , locals: {story: story}
   end
 
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     self.renderer.render(text).html_safe
   end
 
+  def shorten(text , to = 100)
+    return "" if text.blank?
+    "#{text[0..to]}  . . . ".html_safe
+  end
   def main_app
     Rails.application.routes.url_helpers
   end
@@ -41,4 +45,13 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     "mr-3 inline-block rounded-lg px-3 py-2 text-md font-medium border border-gray-500"
   end
 
+  def rows( text )
+    return 5 if text.blank?
+    text = text.text unless text.is_a?(String)
+    return 5 if text.blank?
+    rows = (text.length / 60).to_i
+    return 5 if rows < 5
+    rows
+  end
+
 end

app/views/stories/edit.html.haml

@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@
             - @story.errors.full_messages.each do |message|
               %li= message
 
-      = f.input :picture , as: :file
+      = f.input :picture , as: :file , label: (@story.picture.blank? ? "Add picture" : "Change picture")
       = f.input :header
-      = f.input :text
-      = f.input :happened , class: "flex"
-      = f.submit 'Save'
-    = link_to 'Show', @story
-    = link_to 'Back', stories_path
+      = f.input :text , input_html: {rows: rows(@story.text)}
+      .mt-4= f.input :happened , class: "flex"
+      %button.mt-6.bg-cyan-200.mr-3.inline-block.rounded-lg.px-4.py-3.text-md.font-medium.border.border-gray-400
+        = f.submit 'Save'
+      %button.ml-20.mr-3.inline-block.rounded-lg.px-4.py-3.text-md.font-medium.border.border-gray-400
+        = link_to 'Back', @story
   %div