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How this page is built the gem renders it — this is all you write

A full table — search, an inline filter row, sortable columns and row actions — all derived from the model. This page toggles between the curated :index and the fuller :catalog fieldset (currently :index). Your controller assigns @books — scope it for authorization (e.g. Book.accessible_by(current_ability)) and the gem renders that scope.

app/models/book.rb

crud_structure do
  attribute :price, as: :number, unit: '€', digits: 2
  fieldset :index,   %i[cover title author_names genre price publisher active]
  fieldset :catalog, %i[cover title subtitle author_names genre price purchase_price
                        shop_margin pages published_on publisher reviews active manual created_at]
end

app/views/books/index.html.erb

<%= crud_collection @books, fieldset: :index %>   <%# search, filters, sort, actions %>
<%= crud_filter   Book, fieldset: :index %>     <%# filter sidebar (takes the model, not a scope) %>

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Cover	Title	Author names	Genre	Price	Publisher	Active
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	The Ancient Ocean 17	Martha Wells, Ted Chiang, and Stanisław Lem	Fiction	34.01 €	Baen	✓
	The Ancient Ocean 19	Frank Herbert	Fiction	43.54 €	Baen	✓
	The Hidden Door 22	Frank Herbert	Fiction	30.21 €	Baen	✓
	The Endless Tower 30	Liu Cixin, Ted Chiang, and Becky Chambers	Nonfiction	38.98 €	Baen	✓
	The Ancient Mirror 56	Stanisław Lem and Joe Abercrombie	Nonfiction	37.08 €	Baen	✓
	The Broken Dune 63	Liu Cixin and Mary Shelley	Fiction	6.27 €	Baen	✓
	The Luminous Ocean 64	Becky Chambers and Stanisław Lem	Fiction	33.85 €	Baen	✓
	The Ancient Signal 88	Becky Chambers and Frank Herbert	Fiction	19.15 €	Baen	✓
	The Hidden Door 95	Mary Shelley	Fiction	21.22 €	Baen	✓
	The Luminous Empire 97	Liu Cixin	Fiction	13.61 €	Baen	✓

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