Rails - Mar 2006 - css question

I''m doing this ''partial'' to do some ajax
auto_complete

<ul class="placements">
<% for client in @clients do -%>
<li class="placements">
<div class="clwholename"><%=h client.clwholename
%></div>
<div class="id><span class="informal"><%=
client.id %></span></div></li>
<% end -%>
</ul>

and my understanding was that <span class="informal"> would make
the
element inside ''hidden'' but that isn''t the case as it
is visible.

so I added a class to the stylesheet the document is using...

.informal {
    visibility : hidden;
  }

and saved it but still the data inside is visible.

Is there something I am still missing?

Craig

> <ul class="placements">
> <% for client in @clients do -%>
> <li class="placements">
> <div class="clwholename"><%=h client.clwholename
%></div>
> <div class="id><span class="informal"><%=
client.id %></span></div></li>
> <% end -%>
> </ul>
>   
You are missing a parenthesis in the ''<div class="id ''
tag after the
"id" property

Matt

On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 09:08 +0100, Matthias von Rohr
wrote:
> > <ul class="placements">
> > <% for client in @clients do -%>
> > <li class="placements">
> > <div class="clwholename"><%=h client.clwholename
%></div>
> > <div class="id><span
class="informal"><%= client.id
%></span></div></li>
> > <% end -%>
> > </ul>
> >   
> You are missing a parenthesis in the ''<div class="id
'' tag after the
> "id" property
> 
----
duh - good catch...interesting that it worked at all. In fact, fixing it
breaks it and I think I can finally ask an intelligent question about
this.

I am returning client.id to my form (whether visible or not is probably
not meaningful at the moment).

I want to submit this value obtained via ajax/auto_complete with my
post.

If I add 
<%= hidden_field ''placement'',''id'' %> 
immediately after 
<%= text_field_with_auto_complete :placement, :clwholename, {} %>

the POST includes 

Processing PlacementsController#findresult (for 127.0.0.1 at 2006-03-10
06:53:14) [POST]
  Parameters: {"commit"=>"Find",
"action"=>"findresult",
"controller"=>"placements",
"placement"=>{"id"=>"",
"beg_referral_date"=>"",
"clwholename"=>"George  Washington"}}

so the value returned is blank for ''id'' but clearly there for
''clwholename''

Obviously this ''id'' value is returning to the form via
autocomplete, I
can see it there both on screen (until I set css invisible) and in DOM
inspector where it shows up as a <div> with node_value of "id"
just
below the <div> with node_value of "clwholename" but I need that
value
returned when I ''POST'' the form.

any clues?

Craig

On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 07:10 -0700, Craig White wrote:

One more time at this because someone knows the answer to this and I''m
not getting it.

using text_field_with_auto_complete

It searches db fine, returns with list of 2 related
columns...clwholename and id

It returns to the calling form by way of a partial that has 2 <div> but
separate class names (see below for actual code)

Both values return to web app and can be seen inside same <li> (via DOM
inspector) as separate <div> with their respective NodeValues and text
values (the part I want).

But when the form is POSTed, I get the value from
 <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :placement, :clwholename, {} %>
But not from
 <%= hidden_field ''placement'', ''id'' %>
or
 <%= hidden_field :placement, :id %>

In essence, I want the ''id'' from the auto_complete selection
to tag
along with the post so I don''t have to look it up again afterwards
because that is too painful.

Craig
> On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 09:08 +0100, Matthias von Rohr wrote:
> > > <ul class="placements">
> > > <% for client in @clients do -%>
> > > <li class="placements">
> > > <div class="clwholename"><%=h
client.clwholename %></div>
> > > <div class="id><span
class="informal"><%= client.id
%></span></div></li>
> > > <% end -%>
> > > </ul>
> > >   
> > You are missing a parenthesis in the ''<div class="id
'' tag after the
> > "id" property
> > 
> ----
> duh - good catch...interesting that it worked at all. In fact, fixing it
> breaks it and I think I can finally ask an intelligent question about
> this.
> 
> I am returning client.id to my form (whether visible or not is probably
> not meaningful at the moment).
> 
> I want to submit this value obtained via ajax/auto_complete with my
> post.
> 
> If I add 
> <%= hidden_field ''placement'',''id''
%>
> immediately after 
> <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :placement, :clwholename, {} %>
> 
> the POST includes 
> 
> Processing PlacementsController#findresult (for 127.0.0.1 at 2006-03-10
> 06:53:14) [POST]
>   Parameters: {"commit"=>"Find",
"action"=>"findresult",
> "controller"=>"placements",
"placement"=>{"id"=>"",
> "beg_referral_date"=>"",
"clwholename"=>"George  Washington"}}
> 
> so the value returned is blank for ''id'' but clearly there
for
> ''clwholename''
> 
> Obviously this ''id'' value is returning to the form via
autocomplete, I
> can see it there both on screen (until I set css invisible) and in DOM
> inspector where it shows up as a <div> with node_value of
"id" just
> below the <div> with node_value of "clwholename" but I need
that value
> returned when I ''POST'' the form.
> 
> any clues?
> 
> Craig
> 
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