Rails - Apr 2006 - Scaffold Display Changes When Destroying Records

Hi all,

I just upgraded to Rails 1.1.0 and noticed a strange error.  I created a 
test application with one model that has two data fields.  I generated 
the scaffold for the model and controller, and created some test data.

When I click on the scaffold-generated "Destroy" link, extra
whitespace
underneath the "Destroy" link flashes on the screen until the destroy 
action reloads the list of data.  Totally weird.  It''s more of an 
annoyance because the display actually changes for a split-second, but I 
want to know if anyone has seen this problem.  How can I prevent the 
whitespace from appearing while destorying a record?

Brandon

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On closer examination of the source of my file, I found this code 
snippet that controls the delete dialog box:

<a href="/bookmarks/destroy/27" onclick="if
(confirm(''Are you sure?'')) {
var f = document.createElement(''form'');
this.parentNode.appendChild(f);
f.method = ''POST''; f.action = this.href; f.submit(); };return 
false;">Destroy</a>

The "form" element that the deletion confirmation creates is the cause
of the extra whitespace when the "Yes" button on the dialog box is 
clicked.  If I style the "form" element with a margin and padding of 
0px, the whitespace does not appear when I destroy a record.

I understand the security need to make a destroy request a POST 
request... but it seems like an extra step to create a form style that 
will "hide" the whitespace that is created when destroying an element.

Is there any other way around this besides removing :post ->
''true'' from
my link_to action?

Brandon

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