Is it possible to use the :with option with remote_form_for?
It works with link_to_remote, and the api docs seems to indicate :with should work with any of the remote_ methods.
Here is the code I'm using, and output it's producing:
Link_to_remote (works):
= link_to_remote 'ARGH', {:url => {:action => 'load_item', :id => #policy.id} , :with => "'elephant=mouse'"}
arg
Remote_form_for (doesn't work)
= remote_form_for :policy, #policy, :url => {:action => 'load_item', :id => #policy.id} , :with => "'elephant=mouse'" do |f|
<form action="http://localhost:3000/quote_edit/load_item/5" method="post" onsubmit="new Ajax.Request('http://localhost:3000/quote_edit/load_item/5', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, parameters:Form.serialize(this)}); return false;">
Does anyone know how to make remote_form_for pick up on this option?
Or is it being ignored by remote_form_for as it needs to use parameters:Form.serialize(this) to pick up the values from the current form?
Cheers
Dave Smylie
I had the same problem when I wanted to use javascript to calculate the id of the url.
Researched the source code and determined that remote forms and submits don't seem to allow the :with statement to work.
I got around this using a hidden field called overridden_id on the form. Then in the :before option, I added javascript to set the hidden fields value.
Inside the controller I added "params[:overriden_id] || parmam[:id]" to my Find to override the default id passed into the url.
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How can I add hash map element with a key that contains "-"?
Like this:
<%= button_to_function 'Cancel','cancelRemove("cancelEmail")', :data-dismiss=>'modal', :class=>'btn' %>
I get an error:
undefined local variable or method 'dismiss' for #<ActionView::Base:0x3482fed>
While :'data-dismiss' works, with data attributes you can also do
:data => { :dismiss => 'modal' }
Additional data-prefixed html attributes can be included in the same hash. So for example on another link you might do:
:data => { :remote => true, :method => 'delete' }
which would add to the link the html attributes data-remote="true" data-method="delete".
While the hash syntax is less compact for a single attribute, it's nice when you've got more than one html5 data attribute. And it's arguably a bit more rails-ish.
Just rename it to:
<%= button_to_function 'Cancel','cancelRemove("cancelEmail")', :'data-dismiss'=>'modal', :class=>'btn' %>
The following link_to statement:
<%= link_to image_tag("icons/document_24.png"),
[program_code.program, program_code],
:class => :no_hover,
:alt => "Print Tracking Code",
:title => "Print Tracking Code",
:target => :new
%>
will generate a url like /programs/1/program_codes/1
If I want the url to be /programs/1/program_codes/1.svg, how do I specify the format in the array that is being passed to url_for? I've searched the Rails API documentation and looked at several examples but have been unable to find anything like this.
I think your looking for the :format option. It will append the file extension to the link e.g. '.svg'
Make sure you put the :format option in the path building hash of the link_to method.
<%= link_to 'somewhere', {somewhere_to_path(#var), :format => "svg"},:title => "Print Tracking Code", :target => "_blank" %>
Hope this helps.
If you are dealing with a specific class and can use a named route, that is the most efficient option. But if you're dealing with nested resources and the parent resource isn't fixed (for instance, in a polymorphic association), AND you want to specify a format, url_for doesn't meet your needs.
Fortunately you can use polymorphic_url.
For instance, if server could be an instance of ManagedServer or UnmanagedServer, and both can have alerts, you can do this:
polymorphic_url([server, :alerts], :format => :xml)
and that will give you
/managed_server/123/alerts.xml
/unmanaged_server/123/alerts.xml
How create a link_to_remote in a jQuery script where url need a parameter that is a javascript variable.
I need create a link_to_remote in pure jQuery.
Thanks in advance
You'll want to use the :with parameter with link_to_remote:
link_to_remote( args[:title],
:update => args[:update],
:url => { :action => args[:action],
:id => id,
:starting => args[:starting]
},
:with => "'filter[viewer_id]=' + $('filter_viewer_id').value",
:loading => "Element.hide('#{args[:update]}');Element.show('#{args[:loading]}')",
:complete => "Element.show('#{args[:update]}');Element.hide('#{args[:loading]}')" )
Notice how I am sending the filter_viewer_id by getting it's value from a form field with jQuery. If you don't need that level of detail, just pass the name of your javascript variable.
Like this:
<%= link_to_remote('Hello', :url => "/test?id='+ id +'&test=true") %>
This will result in:
# => Hello
Very little info on your post. Are you using Rails 3? If so, did you check the jquery-rails gem out?
Best regards,
-- J. Fernandes
i am trying to call a remote method to update page content via ajax/js.
either i am too tired already or haml is not parsing the following code correctly to send the value of the query field via prototype. any ideas?
- form_remote_tag(:url => {:controller => "search", :action => "line"},:with => "'query=' + $('query').value" ) do
%input{:type => 'text', :id => 'query'}
%input{:type => 'submit', :value => 'Search'}
thanks a lot!
t
Have you tried a
= form_remote_tag
instead of
- form_remote_tag
I'm new to HAML myself but I was under the impression that you'll need the form tag to be actually generated not just executed...
Try passing the :with as part of the options hash.
- form_remote_tag({ :url => {:controller => "search", :action => "line"}, :with => "'query=' + $('query').value" }) do
If that doesn't work, debug the problem: Look at the generated html. Is the text field with id query the only element in the page with that id? Is the js code correct? Use the Firebug console to ensure $('query').value returns whatever you've entered into the text field.
Still stuck? Add your generated html into your question so we can better help.
EDIT: Your query input tag does not have a name attribute. Without a name, the javascript helper code skips that field when serializing the form fields...also, you do not need the :with code.
%input{:type => 'text', :id => 'query', :name => 'query'}
I am working on a rails project. Using the tag observe_field, I am taking text typed into a text area, processing it in a control, and displaying the result in a div (very similar to the preview in stack overflow). Everything works fine until I type certain special chars.
? => causes the variable not to be found in the params object
(pound) => causes an invalid authenticity error
% => stops the div from being updated
& => every thing after the & is no longer passed into the variable on the server.
Is there a way to solve this?
--- code sample ---
this is the view. ( 'postbody' is a text area)
<%= observe_field 'postbody',
:update => 'preview',
:url => {:controller => 'blog', :action => 'textile_to_html'},
:frequency => 0.5,
:with => 'postbody' -%>
this is the controller that is called
def textile_to_html
text = params['postbody']
if text == nil then
#textile_to_html = '<br/>never set'
else
r = RedCloth.new text
#textile_to_html = r.to_html
end
render :layout => false
end
and this is the javascript that is created:
new Form.Element.Observer('postbody', 0.5, function(element, value) {new Ajax.Updater('preview', '/blog/textile_to_html', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, parameters:'postbody=' + value + '&authenticity_token=' + encodeURIComponent('22f7ee12eac9efd418caa0fe76ae9e862025ef97')})})
This is an escaping issue (as stated by others).
You'll want to change your observe_field :with statement to something like:
:with => "'postbody=' + encodeURIComponent(value)"
Then in your controller:
def textile_to_html
text = URI.unescape(params['postbody'])
...
Can you provide a code sample?
More likely than not you'll just need to escape your HTML entities using encodeuri or something like that.
What does the generated Javascript look like?
Sounds (at first glance) like it's not being escaped.