# Form\_for helper in Slim template

**URL:** <https://discourse.hanakai.org/t/form-for-helper-in-slim-template/327>\
**Category:** questions\
**Created:** [April 14, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.hanakai.org/t/form-for-helper-in-slim-template/327 "2017-04-14T13:16:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![sakuro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.hanakai.org/sakuro/32/269_2.png) [@sakuro](https://discourse.hanakai.org/u/sakuro)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.hanakai.org/t/form-for-helper-in-slim-template/327/1 "2017-04-14T13:16:02Z")

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As a study, I am rewriting code examples from Getting Started document with the [Slim template engine](http://slim-lang.com/), but the `form_for` part become so ugly. Rush of backslashes!

Are there any better way to write forms using Slim in Hanami templates?

> <https://github.com/sakuro/bookshelf/blob/master/apps/web/templates/books/new.html.slim>

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**Author:** ![jodosha](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.hanakai.org/jodosha/32/710_2.png) [@jodosha](https://discourse.hanakai.org/u/jodosha)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.hanakai.org/t/form-for-helper-in-slim-template/327/2 "2017-04-14T14:29:59Z")

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@sakuro Hi, does `slim` is able to “capture” blocks?

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**Author:** ![sakuro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.hanakai.org/sakuro/32/269_2.png) [@sakuro](https://discourse.hanakai.org/u/sakuro)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.hanakai.org/t/form-for-helper-in-slim-template/327/3 "2017-04-14T16:25:51Z")

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I am not sure if it can but README has a section mentioning [capturing](http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/slim/file/README.md#Helpers__capturing_and_includes).

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**Author:** ![jodosha](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.hanakai.org/jodosha/32/710_2.png) [@jodosha](https://discourse.hanakai.org/u/jodosha)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.hanakai.org/t/form-for-helper-in-slim-template/327/4 "2017-04-16T10:05:06Z")

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Thanks for pointing up. That can be a good input to work on.

I haven’t dig the code but “capturing” can help to improve Slim support. Can you please create a ticket on `hanami/view`? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![sakuro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.hanakai.org/sakuro/32/269_2.png) [@sakuro](https://discourse.hanakai.org/u/sakuro)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.hanakai.org/t/form-for-helper-in-slim-template/327/5 "2017-04-17T16:18:03Z")

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I created [#122](https://github.com/hanami/view/issues/122).