Rails - Jun 2006 - remote content

Hi,

I''ve looked through the api and I can''t seem to find the
functionality
that I''m looking for.  I want a link that, when clicked, will replace
the
content of a div with the rendered content of another action.  Something
like what you can accomplish when you use remote_form_tag and then have
the reply replace the content of a div in the page.  I''m sure this must
be
possible from a link, but I can''t seem to figure out what to do.

Thanks,
David

David M wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I''ve looked through the api and I can''t seem to find the
functionality
> that I''m looking for.  I want a link that, when clicked, will
replace the
> content of a div with the rendered content of another action.  Something
> like what you can accomplish when you use remote_form_tag and then have
> the reply replace the content of a div in the page.  I''m sure this
must be
> possible from a link, but I can''t seem to figure out what to do.
>
> Thanks,
> David
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You could use link_to_remote to call an action that renders the content 
you want to fill the div with.  You could do this by setting 
:update=>"some_div_name"   or by leaving out update and by using an
rjs
file with the name of the action that the link_to_remote calls.

Examples

 link_to_remote "Change Content",
    :url => { :action => "change_content"},
    :update => "mydiv"

or

link_to_remote "Change Content", :url=> { :action =>
"change_content"}
and then have a .rjs file named change_content.rjs with contents
page.replace_html "mydiv", :partial =>
''partial_you_want_to_put_into_div"

Good Luck,
Matthew Margolis
blog.mattmargolis.net