Trying to get to the end of my jquery experiment and have a few basic questions. I''m thinking that I don''t need a heavyweight like backbone.js - at this point, my interest is primarily to manage group memberships and being able to drag and drop between them. This is working... ### view <div class="block" id="member_management"> <ul id="unassigned_users"> <h4>Unassigned People</h4> <% for p in @unassigned -%><li id="moveable-<%= p %>" class="ui-widget-content"><%= p %></li><% end -%> </ul> <ul id="droppable2" class="ui-widget-header" align="left"> <h4><%= @group %> Members</h4> <% for m in Group.find(''admins_all'').memberlist %><li><%= m %></li><% end %> </ul> </div> ### js $(function() { $( "[id^=moveable]" ).draggable(); $( "#droppable2" ).droppable({ drop: function( event, ui ) { $( this ) .addClass( "ui-state-highlight" ) $( "<li></li>" ).text( ui.draggable.text() ).appendTo( this ); } }); }); and it definitely adds the the dragged ''user'' to a new LI in the target but of course, what I want to actually do is send this to my controller, update the records and refresh the view. So my questions... 1 - how do I send this value to :controller => ''people'', :action => ''update_memberships'', :id => whatever (Is it ui.draggable.text() ? ) 2 - Is there a way to update just the <div> or must I do as I did with Rails 1.26 and render :partial => ''some_partial'' for on screen updates? 3 - I''ve been reading all sorts of jquery stuff (books, web pages, etc.) which got me this far but I''m uncertain how to properly send data back to rails controllers... is there a particular web page that explains this to me? -- Craig White ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ craig.white-wmL3h9Ogt9Bhl2p70BpVqQ@public.gmane.orgm 1.800.869.6908 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.ttiassessments.com Need help communicating between generations at work to achieve your desired success? Let us help! -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.