I''ve tried googling this and simply can''t believe this problem hasn''t come up before but I''ll explain it as I''m getting it here. I''m using RESTful actions in my controllers and trying to introduce a little AJAX fun to my app. Basically plan is for the user to click a link which shows a div containing a form to fill in, the form is then submitted by AJAX and the page updated accordingly. If I create a link using link_to_remote to show the div that contains the form, it sends a post request to the server. This is fine so long as there''s no javascript response to handle the request in the CREATE method, the request presumably just gets ignored. However now the form is being submitted by AJAX and it sends a js formatted post request to the controller, which interprets the request and updates the page accordingly. Now when I click the link to show the form, that post request gets sent and handled by the create action. It doesn''t pass validations as there''s no data in it and just causes a blank page to load. So instead of even seeing the form the user gets redirected to a blank page. I know I could probably just change the link_to_remote action to a get request instead but that doesn''t seem like a solid solution. I mean what if I want a seperate js get request as well? Is there any way to use link_to_remote to create AJAX animations and show/hide elements without creating any request to the server? Thanks -- 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 Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Jon Hope <rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Is there any way to use link_to_remote to create AJAX animations and > show/hide elements without creating any request to the server?AJAX /means/ creating a request to the server. If you just want to do "animations and show/hide elements" use plain old JavaScript. FWIW, -- Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroeder-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 are looking for link_to_remote that will give you the ability to
show/hide a div.
Here is an example to just show a div
link_to_function("show form", nil) { |page|
page.visual_effect :toggle_blind, ''form_div'' }
If you want you can have a hide link inside the div that his hidden so
they can close the form again..
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