Rails - Feb 2006 - AJAX: do render but show element in same click?

I''m a rails newbie.

I''ve got a link_to_remote that puts a partial render into a div
("note1", "note2", etc.).  As part of the display that comes
up, I put
in a hide note link (element.toggle).  Click that, the div goes away,
everything''s great... except now I can''t get it back.

How can I call the remote AND make the div show at the same time? I see
element.show, but I don''t know how to execute that without having the
user click on it. I looked at the API for update_element_function, but
that looks like I can change the content of the div, or it''s position,
but not hide/show it.

Micah

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Micah Bly wrote:
> I''m a rails newbie.
> 
> I''ve got a link_to_remote that puts a partial render into a div
> ("note1", "note2", etc.).  As part of the display that
comes up, I put
> in a hide note link (element.toggle).  Click that, the div goes away,
> everything''s great... except now I can''t get it back.
> 
> How can I call the remote AND make the div show at the same time? I see
> element.show, but I don''t know how to execute that without having
the
> user click on it. I looked at the API for update_element_function, but
> that looks like I can change the content of the div, or it''s
position,
> but not hide/show it.
> 
> Micah
<%= link_to_remote "Do AJAX!", :update => "note1",
:loaded =>
"element.show(''note1'') %>

Find more cool things to do with link_to_remote at http://api.rubyonrails.org/

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Dean wrote:
> 
> <%= link_to_remote "Do AJAX!", :update =>
"note1", :loaded =>
> "element.show(''note1'') %>
> 
> Find more cool things to do with link_to_remote at 
> http://api.rubyonrails.org/
Dean,

Thanks for the help.  You know, I *do* spend time with the API, it''s 
just there''s a lot to learn... I read that section twice,
didn''t pick up
on the fact I could be launching other JS actions... <sigh>

This does work for me btw, but only once.  It shows the div, but once I 
do element.hide(), this won''t ever show the div again. I ended up using
element.update(''mydiv'','''') as the
"hide" action. It works *almost* as
well.

Thanks again,

Micah

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