Rails - Jul 2009 - helper for ajax field update

I have a page that lists a set of tasks, each with a status field.
I''d like the ability to update the status from this field, through a
pop-up box.  Basically, click the link, a little text area box opens,
the user enters the update, clicks save, the box goes away and the
update appears on the page.

I could probably create this, but figured there may be a helper method
out there already.

Thanks.

Hi Bill,

On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 14:09 -0700, billv wrote:
> I have a page that lists a set of tasks, each with a status field.
> I''d like the ability to update the status from this field, through
a
> pop-up box.  Basically, click the link, a little text area box opens,
> the user enters the update, clicks save, the box goes away and the
> update appears on the page.
> 
> I could probably create this, but figured there may be a helper method
> out there already.
Sort of.  The in_place_editing helpers were removed from Rails core in
2.0 and made into a plugin.  Google ''rails in place edit''. 
There are
several plug-in options.  

Note that this is not specifically what you asked for.  That is, this
does not generate a pop-up box.  There are lots of reasons not to go
that route including pop-up blockers and the removal of ''target=blank
(etc)'' from the standards.  If you really want a pop-up,
you''ll have to
roll your own.

HTH,
Bill