Rails - Mar 2006 - RJS - page object in helpers?

Hello,
  I am using RJS and Edge Rails and I was wondering if the page object should
be available in helpers also.

For example if I have a helper function 

  def update_flash_messages
    page.replace_html ''flash_messages'', (show_flash_messages
:textilize => true)
    page.visual_effect ''flash_messages'', :appear
  end

and then in my RJS files I call
  update_flash_messages

But right now the above code _doesn''t work_, rather I have to pass the
page
object as shown below: 

  def update_flash_messages(page)
    page.replace_html ''flash_messages'', (show_flash_messages
:textilize => true)
    page.visual_effect ''flash_messages'', :appear
  end

and RJS file
  update_flash_messages page

Notice the passing of `page'' object. Will it not be convenient if Rails
does
it automatically. 
Or am I missing something?

Thanks.
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On 3/8/06, Surendra Singhi <efuzzyone@netscape.net>
wrote:
> Hello,
>   I am using RJS and Edge Rails and I was wondering if the page object
should
> be available in helpers also.
Sure can, on the latest code in trunk, but you have to call them on
the page object:

class RjsController
  def rjs
    render :update do |page|
      page.update_flash_messages
    end
  end
end

module RjsHelper
  def update_flash_messages
    page.replace_html ''flash_messages'', (show_flash_messages
:textilize => true)
    page.visual_effect ''flash_messages'', :appear
  end
end

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Rick Olson
http://techno-weenie.net

"Rick Olson" <technoweenie@gmail.com> writes:
> On 3/8/06, Surendra Singhi <efuzzyone@netscape.net> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>   I am using RJS and Edge Rails and I was wondering if the page object
should
>> be available in helpers also.
>
> Sure can, on the latest code in trunk, but you have to call them on
> the page object:
Thanks Rick, I will upgrade to the latest code in trunk.

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