Rails - Mar 2006 - How to apply an effect to a link_to_remote :update without using evaluate_remote_response?

Hey all,

I''ve been trying to apply a slide-down (or highlight) effect to a
"New
card" link on my application. Because the item is *new* and I''m
simply
updating it at the top, I can''t know what the div id is before I make
the request. link_to_remote :complete => visual_effect(:slidedown)
doesn''t do what I want it to do. My current solution is:

<%= link_to_remote ''New card'',
		:url => { :action => ''new_card'', :id => @stack.id
},
		:complete => evaluate_remote_response %>

and then new_card returns JS:

new Insertion.Top(''cards'',
   ''<%= escape_javascript(render(:partial =>
"editcard", :locals => {
:editcard => @card }))%>'');
new Effect.SlideDown(''card<%= @card.id %>'');

but this just feels horribly, horribly wrong, because I can NOT be the
only person to ever need to do this. I know for sure that 37signals
had to do it, for that matter.

What I want to do is:

<%= link_to_remote ''New card'',
		:url => { :action => ''new_card'', :id => @stack.id
},
		:update => ''cards'', :position => :top,
		:complete => visual_effect(:slidedown) %>

and then just render the partial in the controller. But this doesn''t
give me good results.

Am I just stuck returning JS this way? It seems awkward.



Thanks,

Patrick

Using RJS will make it cleaner:

View:

<%= link_to_remote ''New card'', :url => { :action =>
''new_card'', :id => @
stack.id } %>


new_card.rjs:

page.insert_html :top, ''cards'', :partial =>
''editcard'', :object => @card
page.visual_effect :slide_down, "card#{@card.id}"

That should do what you''re after. To use RJS you need to be using edge
rails, or the plugin which is around somewhere. Just google for it.
-Jonathan.

On 3/14/06, Patrick McCafferty <ryouga@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
> Am I just stuck returning JS this way? It seems awkward.
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Ah, I see, and I found the plugin as well :)

That does make it a lot cleaner. Thanks. Luckily TxD has edge rails on
it, or I can just keep using 1.0 :)

On 3/13/06, Jonathan Viney <jonathan.viney@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Using RJS will make it cleaner:
>
> View:
>
> <%= link_to_remote ''New card'', :url => { :action
=> ''new_card'', :id =>
> @stack.id } %>
>
>
> new_card.rjs:
>
> page.insert_html :top, ''cards'', :partial =>
''editcard'', :object => @card
> page.visual_effect :slide_down, "card#{@card.id}"
>
> That should do what you''re after. To use RJS you need to be using
edge
> rails, or the plugin which is around somewhere. Just google for it.
> -Jonathan.
>
>
> On 3/14/06, Patrick McCafferty <ryouga@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Am I just stuck returning JS this way? It seems awkward.
>
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