Rails - Jul 2006 - How to ajax highlight a flash

Hi,

I want to make a flash[] highlighted for let''s say 5 seconds when some
action is invoked.

In the controller, I have:
flash[:notice] = "error"

In the layout, I have:
<p style="color: white"><%= flash[:notice] %></p>

I don''t know how to use ajax with the flash. I tried something like:
element.highlight(flash[:notice])

without any success. Do I have to put it inside a <div> with an id or  
class? Can somebody help me?

Thanks a lot.



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On Friday, July 28, 2006, at 11:05 PM, Eric Boucher
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I want to make a flash[] highlighted for let''s say 5 seconds when
some
>action is invoked.
>
>In the controller, I have:
>flash[:notice] = "error"
>
>In the layout, I have:
><p style="color: white"><%= flash[:notice]
%></p>
>
>I don''t know how to use ajax with the flash. I tried something
like:
>element.highlight(flash[:notice])
>
>without any success. Do I have to put it inside a <div> with an id or
>class? Can somebody help me?
>
>Thanks a lot.
>
>
>
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I stuck this at the bottom of my ''application.rhtml'' file..

<%= javascript_tag("new Effect.Highlight(''flash'');new
Effect.Fade(''flash'', {duration:10});") if flash %>

This highlights the flash, if there is one, and then it fades out  
completely over a longer period.

_Kevin
www.sciwerks.com

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