Hi all, I am really new to Ruby so I haven''t figured out all of the iterative functions yet, but here is my situation and I appreciate your input. I am trying to utilize a custom method inside my application helper that will tie into tabbed forms. The concept is to change various DOM elements on page load so that their visibility is hidden when the page is loaded (e.g. new.rhtml) and then when the appropriate tab is click a link_to_function call will change their visibility. I am attempting to set the hash values inside the partial then return them using "yield" inside the <body> tag. So, here is what I have so far: application.rhtml (default layout) <body onload=<%= yield :onload_content %>> application_helper.rb def onload_content( options = {} ) content_for :onload_content do if options.blank? nil else options.each_pair do |key, value| "$(''#{key}'').#{value}();" end end I am taking advantage of the Prototype library such that i can call: $(element).hide() or $(element).show() so... I make a call to the onload_content method from inside the partial containing the DOM elements I wish to hide onload: _form.rhtml <% onload_content :contacts => :hide, :notes => :hide, :demographics => :show %> ...remainder of form ... however, when I attempt to set the options I receive TypeError exception returning : "(eval):1:in `+'': can''t convert Hash into String" I know this is a syntax mistake I am making, but I''ve been looking over my copy of Pickaxe and browsing the Net without much help. If you guys/gals could point me in the right direction, I would really appreciate it. - Mike P.S. if any of you have come across a better solution I would love the ideas!! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---