link_to in helper with block

The return value of the block becomes its content. Only the last line is being returned. You must concatenate the two strings together with + to produce a single return value: link_to("#", class: "add_fields btn btn-success") do name + content_tag(:i, "", class: "icon-plus icon-white") end You'll need to use html_safe to prevent the content of your tag from automatically being HTML encoded: link_t