I''ve moving on from the data collection part of my app to the data manipulation part and I''m at loss how to proceed, whether I need to put asside my rails booka and learn some java or not. I will have a view that iterates through a collection of objects then in turn increments another variable to create a series of div elements with content related to the object and increment. For example Objects [A..E] , Increments [1..3] yieldsing 15 div''s A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, C1 .... In those divs I will be diplaying images and data based on data in the object attibutes and the interator. I would like the entire <div> clickable, not a button within the div. I want to call a controller method and pass at least the object_id (of A-E) and the iterator (1-3 in this example). If a button were acceptable, I think i could have a form with two hidden fields passing the necessary information in params. As clicking will call a method which will make changes to the database a form with a true post might have some advantages(from what i fuzzily understand)). I am sorry if this question is very basic... and perhaps not even a reils question...although I am interested in the rails best practices solution if there are many solutions. Do I build a div with some sort of " onclick " that can push an "invisible??" button within the div containing hidden fields? Is there a rails helper that will wrap a div to make it clickable and which I can load with a couple parameters and will that be safe if the method called will make changes to my database? in plain english, if I were in the second div A2. If anywhere in this div is clickced, call method change_user_records with letter_id = A.id , number = 2 I know that isn''t anywhere close to code but it explains the simple thing I hope to do and don''t know which tool to turn to. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Dec 16, 12:24 am, Tom Norian <rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > I am sorry if this question is very basic... and perhaps not even a > reils question...although I am interested in the rails best practices > solution if there are many solutions. > > Do I build a div with some sort of " onclick " that can push an > "invisible??" button within the div containing hidden fields? > > Is there a rails helper that will wrap a div to make it clickable and > which I can load with a couple parameters and will that be safe if the > method called will make changes to my database? >If you want to do this with ajax, use remote_function(). If not you could mess with link_to. This has an option which will cause it to generate a link with an onclick which will dynamically create a form with the appropriate fields and submit it. I''m sure you can work out from the source for link_to how to do this yourself You could also create the forms, but have no form submit buttons. In which case your onclicks are just $(''form_id'').submit() Fred.> in plain english, if I were in the second div A2. > If anywhere in this div is clickced, call method change_user_records > with letter_id = A.id , number = 2 > > I know that isn''t anywhere close to code but it explains the simple > thing I hope to do and don''t know which tool to turn to. > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
> > You could also create the forms, but have no form submit buttons. In > which case your onclicks are just $(''form_id'').submit() > > Fred.Thanks for the advice yesterday... I finally got it using method number three! Hoorah! I''ll post the example for other struggling newbies in a day or so.(my coding machine is offline). There were a couple gotchas with setting the id''s for the form. Now I need to start figuring out the default mouse tips, hover diplays and div css stuff to give users a clue that they can actually click on the given divs! I also wonder what percentage of internet users the "onclick" stuff works for.. ; ) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---