Rails - Jul 2005 - Rails 0.13 auto_complete problems and resolutions

Hi,

I''ve just spent about the last hour trying to get the auto_complete 
functionality working in an existing app.  I followed the videos from 
mir.aculo.us[1], blog post from bluelightsoft.com[2], sample code from 
script.aculo.us[3] and checked out the rails api docs.  I followed 
everything to the letter and couldn''t get it to work.

Long story short, in the blog posts and videos, only two javascript 
files are included (prototype.js and controls.js).  Through a very short 
process of elimination I realised that I also need to reference 
effects.js for the text_field_with_auto_complete/auto_complete_for combo 
to work.

I''m guessing that most people would have realised this within the first
five minutes but just in case you didn''t I thought I''d write
this.

Chris

[1] http://rubyurl.com/xvLWR
[2] http://rubyurl.com/vix1s
[3] http://script.aculo.us/demos/ajax/autocompleter

Hi,

Yeah, this requirement changed between the making of the blog post/ 
the video and the final release of Rails 0.13. :) Maybe this should  
be mentioned in the RDocs.

Thomas

Am 08.07.2005 um 18:35 schrieb Chris Roos:
> Hi,
>
> I''ve just spent about the last hour trying to get the
auto_complete
> functionality working in an existing app.  I followed the videos  
> from mir.aculo.us[1], blog post from bluelightsoft.com[2], sample  
> code from script.aculo.us[3] and checked out the rails api docs.  I  
> followed everything to the letter and couldn''t get it to work.
>
> Long story short, in the blog posts and videos, only two javascript  
> files are included (prototype.js and controls.js).  Through a very  
> short process of elimination I realised that I also need to  
> reference effects.js for the text_field_with_auto_complete/ 
> auto_complete_for combo to work.
>
> I''m guessing that most people would have realised this within the
> first five minutes but just in case you didn''t I thought
I''d write
> this.
>
> Chris
>
> [1] http://rubyurl.com/xvLWR
> [2] http://rubyurl.com/vix1s
> [3] http://script.aculo.us/demos/ajax/autocompleter
>
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