How to use Rails translations for Reform attributes

If you use Reform for the form objects and want the translations in your Rails application to work as with ActiveRecord objects, then you can add ActiveModel::Translation module to the form class or base class and specify the method with the key to translations.

class BaseForm < Reform::Form

  extend ActiveModel::Translation



  def self.i18n_scope

    :forms

  end

end

class UserForm < BaseForm

  feature Coercion



  property :login

  property :change_password, virtual: true, type: Types::Form::Bool

  property :password

  property :password_confirmation



  validation do

    required(:login).filled

  end



  validation if: ->(_) { change_password } do

    required(:password).confirmation

  end

end

Set translations for form fields.

You can move them to a new file config/locales/forms.yml.

en:

  forms:

    attributes:

      user_form:

        login: Enter login

        change_password: Change password?

        password: Enter password

        password_confirmation: Confirm password

Now, translations will be used by the simple form or you can call them manually by UserForm.human_attribute_name.