similar to: link_to or helper to generate a javascript:history.back() ?

Hi! How to use this? I can declare it only inside a controller, so i tried to do add this to application controller: def back redirect_to :back end so i could call in all my views link_to ''back'', :controller => ''application'', :action => ''back'' but it doesn''t work - there are no errors, but i''m still on the same

Hi, I have a bunch of link_to''s in my code that are simple Back buttons that should basically just go to the previous request. Is there a way of doing this without specifying the action to execute? The problem is, sometimes I may render the same view through separate actions so I wouldn''t know which action to go back to. Thanks. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML

Simple question. Is it possible to generate a link like <a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank" >google</a> with the link_to function ? Thanks

Hello, I try this : in application_helper.rb ----------------------- def lnk bla return link_to bla, { :controller => bli , :action => "blo" , :id => "blu" } end in file.rhtml ----------- <%= lnk "yo!" %> This return an error. There is a way to do this or something similar, or this is completly impossible ? Thanks

Hello, I''m trying to use the rail link_to to open a popup window and then print the popup window at the same time. Is there a way to add another "onclick" option to tell the popup to print? I know how to do this in javascript but not sure how to use the rails help to do it. I also am aware that the link_to_function method is used to call a javascript function.

There is a solution to use helpers from controllers ? I have an error : |undefined method `content_tag''| class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base def test return content_tag("a","test") end end

Hi to all, I''d like to pass with a link to values inside some form. I''ve read in other posts that it''s possible if i include the forms inside a html <div>... So here it''s my code of the view : <div id="study"> <table> <tr><td><label for="study_titolo">Titolo di

How can I make this work ? <a href="#" onclick="new Effect.Fade(@div_id)"></a> @div_id is an instance variable ? TIA -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi all, I''m trying to add a common menu to all pages in my application. It is just a set of links I want to display. I''m having trouble deciding where to put the code. Below is what I''ve tried to get out of the "Four Days on Rails" tutorial but no luck. Any help would be appreciated. Am I on the right track? Thanks, Sam

We''ve been having problems writing functional tests for helper methods that rely on ActionView methods. Here''s a specific example. In application_helper.rb I''ve got a method called ''party_link()¨: def party_link(party) link_to party.full_name, { :controller => ''contacts'', :action =>

How : <a href="/show/all">All</a> Could become : <a href="/show/all" title="Show All" >All</a> This is possible with the standdard link_to function ?

Hi, Is there a way to call helper methods in a controller? I want to do something like this in my controller Class MyController < Action.... def my_method string = link_to "some_url", :controller => "home", :action => "command" end end link_to is an ActionView helper method and it seems that I couldn''t access the method in the controller

Hi all, I''ve been cleaning up our routing file, and removed the default map.connect ":controller/:action" route. It''s thrown up a bunch of sloppy mistakes, which is great, but I also think I''ve found a problem with the view specs. We have a generic navbar partial which is rendered in the index page of several different controllers. The navbar contains

Hi All, I am attempting to use a link_to helper to perform a form post using the following construct: <%= link_to ''Save'', {:action =>''create''}, :post => true %> What I find is the parameters passed to the webserver are empty. My model validation stuff triggers indicating the fields in question are empty too. This is to create a new DB entry so no

Hi, Is session[:return_to] something Rails maintains to quickly go back to the previous uri without having to keep track of the action name? Or, do we have to actually set it in our actions? Thanks. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060510/7e36a528/attachment.html

Hello, I''m facing this problem while trying to extend the parse_redmine_links helper method in Redmine-1.1.0 (Rails-2.3.5) from my plugin. My idea is to use alias_method_chain so the extended version could call the original version and adjust the result to it''s liking. Anything I''ve tried so far exposes this behavior: the first render of a page uses the extended

I am trying to create a dynamic menu using the following construct: <%- menu_list = [ ''first'', ''second'', ''third''] -%> <ul> <%- menu_list.each do |m| -%> <%= link_to "List All #{m.titlecase.pluralize} <m>_path %> <%- end -%> </ul> What I cannot determine is what I have to do to replace

Hey gang, I have this dead-simple method defined in a helper: def add_category_link(name) link_to_function name do |page| page.insert_html :bottom, :categories, :partial => ''category'', :object => Category.new end end Where, and mostly how, would I spec this? I haven''t been able to find how to stub the rjs in a helper spec, so

Hi, My helper specs were going ok until I added a call to a rails DateHelper method in one of my helpers http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/ DateHelper.html#M000574 The helper runs fine from my view templates, just dies in the spec test. I boiled my question down to a simple (not too useful) example. I''m not sure what I''m missing. #

Looking for some help with extending existing classes. In a view I have <td><%=h bmevent.node %></td>. I need further processing on the output and added a helper: module ApplicationHelper class String def a self[ /^[^\0]*/ ] end end end and <td><%=h bmevent.node.a %></td> results in an undefined method `a'' for #<String:0xb6c8105c>