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gemblon (t.b.)

2007-Dec-20 02:59 UTC

Dynamic menu calling basic ajax area

i was thinking, that for alot of my application, when i have a record, i
want a menu with all the related ajax calls linked to a that record.
there might me a gem to do this, or an easier way, but this is what i
did.  i am open to new ideas, as this was made to work easily from any
view by calling a partial and setting up the ajax info in the helpers.
what do you all think about this type of DRY?  is there another better
way?  i got it working on link_to but now working on link_to_remote.

views>layout>_menu.rhtml

<!-- suckerfish css, VERY simple, to work in all browsers, i hope. -->
<%= stylesheet_link_tag ''ajaxmenu'' %>

<div id="ajaxtitle">GET RELATED INFORMATION</div>
<div id="menu">
  <ul>

<!-- calls method in a view''s helper for all the ajax details, put
together in the application helper, of an array holding each hash of
menu details.  -->
    <% makemenu %>

    <% @menu.each do |menudetails| %>

        <li>
            <%= link_to_remote menudetails[:name],
            :update => ''ajaxarea'',
            :url => { :controller => menudetails[:link_controller],
:action => menudetails[:link_action] },
            :before => "$(''waiting'').show()",
            :success =>
"$(''div_part'').visualeffect(''highlight'')",
            :failure => "alert(''There was a failure,
GOOFY!.'')",
            :complete => "$(''waiting'').hide()"
            %>
        </li>

    <% end %>
  </ul>
</div>

<span id="waiting" style="display: none;">WORK IN
PROGRESS....HOLD ON,
SHUT UP, AND SIT DOWN!</span>

<div id="ajaxarea">
      <!-- the ajax calls a controller, action, which renders an .rhtml
page, inserted here.  yeah! -->
</div>
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Ryan Bigg

2007-Dec-20 03:04 UTC

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Re: Dynamic menu calling basic ajax area

So you want a different menu for different objects in your system?

May I recommend using different layouts for the different objects. Say you
have a CandyBarsController, just define:

class CandyBarsController < ApplicationController
layout ''candy_bars''
end

I think that you might not even have to define the layout if the controller
name is the same as the layout name, but I''m not sure on that :)

On Dec 20, 2007 1:29 PM, gemblon (t.b.)
<rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
> i was thinking, that for alot of my application, when i have a record, i
> want a menu with all the related ajax calls linked to a that record.
> there might me a gem to do this, or an easier way, but this is what i
> did.  i am open to new ideas, as this was made to work easily from any
> view by calling a partial and setting up the ajax info in the helpers.
> what do you all think about this type of DRY?  is there another better
> way?  i got it working on link_to but now working on link_to_remote.
>
> views>layout>_menu.rhtml
>
> <!-- suckerfish css, VERY simple, to work in all browsers, i hope.
-->
> <%= stylesheet_link_tag ''ajaxmenu'' %>
>
> <div id="ajaxtitle">GET RELATED INFORMATION</div>
> <div id="menu">
>  <ul>
>
> <!-- calls method in a view''s helper for all the ajax details,
put
> together in the application helper, of an array holding each hash of
> menu details.  -->
>    <% makemenu %>
>
>    <% @menu.each do |menudetails| %>
>
>        <li>
>            <%= link_to_remote menudetails[:name],
>            :update => ''ajaxarea'',
>            :url => { :controller => menudetails[:link_controller],
> :action => menudetails[:link_action] },
>            :before => "$(''waiting'').show()",
>            :success =>
"$(''div_part'').visualeffect(''highlight'')",
>            :failure => "alert(''There was a failure,
GOOFY!.'')",
>            :complete =>
"$(''waiting'').hide()"
>            %>
>        </li>
>
>    <% end %>
>  </ul>
> </div>
>
> <span id="waiting" style="display: none;">WORK IN
PROGRESS....HOLD ON,
> SHUT UP, AND SIT DOWN!</span>
>
> <div id="ajaxarea">
>      <!-- the ajax calls a controller, action, which renders an .rhtml
> page, inserted here.  yeah! -->
> </div>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
> >
>

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gemblon (t.b.)

2007-Dec-20 03:21 UTC

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Re: Dynamic menu calling basic ajax area

Ryan Bigg wrote:> So you want a different menu for different objects in your system?
> 
> May I recommend using different layouts for the different objects. Say 
> you
> have a CandyBarsController, just define:
> 
> class CandyBarsController < ApplicationController
> layout ''candy_bars''
> end
> 
> I think that you might not even have to define the layout if the 
> controller
> name is the same as the layout name, but I''m not sure on that :)
>
> --
> Ryan Bigg
> http://www.frozenplague.net
hi ryan,

well, you are a lot smarter then me, so i might not be doing this right.
in each controller, i already have a layout template, that is pretty 
complex.
i need to use that.

so, when i edit or show a record, i was gonna display the table data, 
and then, under that, show the menu for remote links.

is that not good?




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Ryan Bigg

2007-Dec-20 03:23 UTC

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Are you able to give me an example of what these remote links are?

On Dec 20, 2007 1:51 PM, gemblon (t.b.)
<rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
> Ryan Bigg wrote:
> > So you want a different menu for different objects in your system?
> >
> > May I recommend using different layouts for the different objects. Say
> > you
> > have a CandyBarsController, just define:
> >
> > class CandyBarsController < ApplicationController
> > layout ''candy_bars''
> > end
> >
> > I think that you might not even have to define the layout if the
> > controller
> > name is the same as the layout name, but I''m not sure on that
:)
> >
> > --
> > Ryan Bigg
> > http://www.frozenplague.net
>
> hi ryan,
>
> well, you are a lot smarter then me, so i might not be doing this right.
> in each controller, i already have a layout template, that is pretty
> complex.
> i need to use that.
>
> so, when i edit or show a record, i was gonna display the table data,
> and then, under that, show the menu for remote links.
>
> is that not good?
>
>
>
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
> >
>

-- 
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gemblon (t.b.)

2007-Dec-20 03:45 UTC

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Ryan Bigg wrote:> Are you able to give me an example of what these remote links are?
> 

oops, sorry ryan... the helper file has:

 def makemenu
        @menu = []

        #an ajax menu
        item = {
          :name => "Notes",
          :link_controller => "casefilenote",
          :link_action => "list"
          }
        @menu << item

        #an ajax menu
        item = {
          :name => "Case Events",
          :link_controller => "event",
          :link_action => "list"
          }
        @menu << item
   end

it all seems to work nice, and is really fast to add ajax menu items. 
well, for my application.  you just have to watch with layout you use in 
a controller, depending on what method is going to be called.

is there a better way?
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gemblon (t.b.)

2007-Dec-20 03:54 UTC

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gemblon (t.b.) wrote:> Ryan Bigg wrote:

and i need to track what menu was selected. so i can gray the menu 
background. and fix up a few more things.

i am installing in several places, and i will update it tomorrow if you 
want to see it in action.  it is not perfectly clean yet, but that is 
just me doing some clean up.

:)

if you have another idea, let me know.   i will try it on a table.

:)

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Ryan Bigg

2007-Dec-20 04:24 UTC

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We use something here to select which menu item is selected. I can''t
show
you the exact code, but basically you give the containing element of the
link a class depending on an argument passed in.

def menu_selected(menu_item)
if menu_item == "edit" && params[:action] == "edit"
"selected"
end

Then on your menu:

<ul class=''menu''>
<li class=''<%= menu_selected("edit")
%>''>Edit</li>
...
</ul>


On Dec 20, 2007 2:24 PM, gemblon (t.b.)
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wrote:
>
> gemblon (t.b.) wrote:
> > Ryan Bigg wrote:
>
>
> and i need to track what menu was selected. so i can gray the menu
> background. and fix up a few more things.
>
> i am installing in several places, and i will update it tomorrow if you
> want to see it in action.  it is not perfectly clean yet, but that is
> just me doing some clean up.
>
> :)
>
> if you have another idea, let me know.   i will try it on a table.
>
> :)
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
> >
>

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gemblon (t.b.)

2007-Dec-20 04:57 UTC

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Ryan Bigg wrote:> We use something here to select which menu item is selected. I
can''t
> show
> you the exact code, but basically you give the containing element of the
> link a class depending on an argument passed in.
> 
> def menu_selected(menu_item)
> if menu_item == "edit" && params[:action] ==
"edit"
> "selected"
> end
> 
> Then on your menu:
> 
> <ul class=''menu''>
> <li class=''<%= menu_selected("edit")
%>''>Edit</li>
> ...
> </ul>
> 
> 
> On Dec 20, 2007 2:24 PM, gemblon (t.b.) 
> <rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> just me doing some clean up.
>> >
>>
> 
> 
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> http://www.frozenplague.net
hey ryan,  that seems like a cool idea.
i am gonna give it a try tomorrow.

:)
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