Rails - May 2009 - problems with scriptaculous..

for some reason, i am having the hardest time with the simplest possible
use of a visual effect..

i have done this a million times, and this is first time i have had this
much trouble.

here''s what i am trying to do:

1. set up a div with a link_to_remote that references its containing div
[1].
2. once some backend processing is done, the generated javascript will
remove the div[2].

everything works fine.. the action gets fired off.. everything that
needs to happen happens.

except..

the div does not PUFF go away..

any help would be appreciated..

thanks!

[1]

,----
| <% dom_id =  "desc_entry_#{@desc.id}" -%>
| 
| <div id="<%= dom_id %> "  ><%= @desc.desc_type 
%>:
|   <%= text_field_tag "description[#{@desc.field_desc}]" %>
|   <%=link_to_remote "remove", :url => {:action =>
"remove_item", :desc_id => @desc.id}, :complete =>
visual_effect(:puff, dom_id, :duration => 0.5 ) %>
| </div>
`----

[2]

,----
| <div id="desc_entry_2 "  >Short Description: 
|   <input id="description_desc_short"
name="description[desc_short]" type="text" />
|   <a href="#" onclick="new
Ajax.Request(''/admin/remove_item?desc_id=2'',
{asynchronous:true, evalScripts
| :true, onComplete:function(request){new
Effect.Highlightfasdf(&quot;desc_entry_2&quot;,{duration:0.5
| });}, parameters:''authenticity_token='' +
encodeURIComponent(''e8447179b980016c867fd3d5de911e456b65edae''
| )}); return false;">remove</a>
| </div>
`----
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try to:

1. change async mode of ajax to synchronous (to asynchronous:false)

or

2. fire visual_effect from controller (instead of js) via
render :update do |page|
   page.visual_effect :puff,''dom_id''
end

tom

Sergio Ruiz wrote:
> for some reason, i am having the hardest time with the simplest possible
> use of a visual effect..
> 
> i have done this a million times, and this is first time i have had this
> much trouble.
> 
> here''s what i am trying to do:
> 
> 1. set up a div with a link_to_remote that references its containing div
> [1].
> 2. once some backend processing is done, the generated javascript will
> remove the div[2].
> 
> everything works fine.. the action gets fired off.. everything that
> needs to happen happens.
> 
> except..
> 
> the div does not PUFF go away..
> 
> any help would be appreciated..
> 
> thanks!
> 
> [1]
> 
> ,----
> | <% dom_id =  "desc_entry_#{@desc.id}" -%>
> | 
> | <div id="<%= dom_id %> "  ><%= @desc.desc_type 
%>:
> |   <%= text_field_tag "description[#{@desc.field_desc}]"
%>
> |   <%=link_to_remote "remove", :url => {:action =>
"remove_item", :desc_id => @desc.id}, :complete =>
visual_effect(:puff, dom_id, :duration => 0.5 ) %>
> | </div>
> `----
> 
> [2]
> 
> ,----
> | <div id="desc_entry_2 "  >Short Description: 
> |   <input id="description_desc_short"
name="description[desc_short]" type="text" />
> |   <a href="#" onclick="new
Ajax.Request(''/admin/remove_item?desc_id=2'',
{asynchronous:true, evalScripts
> | :true, onComplete:function(request){new
Effect.Highlightfasdf(&quot;desc_entry_2&quot;,{duration:0.5
> | });}, parameters:''authenticity_token='' +
encodeURIComponent(''e8447179b980016c867fd3d5de911e456b65edae''
> | )}); return false;">remove</a>
> | </div>
> `----

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hmm.. for some reason, neither of these work...

this is really perplexing me..

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okay, i found it.. i am stupid..

there is a space in the div  name..

<div id="desc_entry_2 "  >

i removed the space, and it works fine..

i suck..

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