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I need to pass a parameter in my text_field_with_auto_complete and am struggling to discover how to do this. I have something like this: <%= text_field_with_auto_complete ''user'', ''username'', {}, {:with => "''post=''@company_title.id"} %> but because it is in a partial that pops as a resul...

I have the text_field_with_auto_complete woking on my user DB using last_name. so looking for ''ivanoff'' works great, but I can''t find ''john''. Plus I like to have ''last_name, first_name'' show up in the dropdown. what I can''t figure out is how to concat first_name and...

Folks, I am trying to upgrade code base from 1.3.x to 2.3.2 and not surprisingly, lot of things are broken. ''text_field_with_auto_complete'' is not working for me - it gives the following error: ActionView::TemplateError (undefined method `text_field_with_auto_complete'' for #<ActionView::Base: 0x7f0ceb6b8290>) I already have installed auto_complete - ruby script/plugin list auto_complete http:...

Hi, I have a tricky question about text_field_with_auto_complete. I''ve created an admin section for a database of books and on each page there is a form at the top with a single search field on the title of books. So I''ve used: <%= start_form_tag ({:controller => ''books'', :action => ''edit'' })...

Hi, I want to know which of the two methods, auto_complete_field and text_field_with_auto_complete best suits what I am trying to do. I have a model class called search (which doen''t extend ActiveRecord) which holds two parameters, category_string and postcode_string. I want my form to bind its values to these to values. I also want the category input to be an auto complete field (...

Dear all: I got the error in my rails 2.2.2 project on ma os x leopard. i did as follow: script/plugin install auto_complete but when i start the server and try to approach the page which used the auto_complete, it can''t find the helper method as the error told: "undefined method `text_field_with_auto_complete'' ", than i try this in script/console helper.methods i check the list and "text_field_with_auto_complete" can''t be found, so i try helper.extend(AutoCompleteMacrosHelper) than it shows in the helper.methods list but i don''t know how to fix this problem btw...

Hi, I am trying to use text_field_with_auto_complete, it works fine but when I click on an item (even if I use the up and down key and then type enter) th search panel disappears but the selected results is not shown in the text field. Even more, the text field becomes empty. Any idea? Thanks S?bastien -------------- next part ------------...

Good day. I have searched on the net and through the archives to now avail as of yet. I have a text_field_with_auto_complete that searches for company names. These company names obviously can have an ''&'' in the name of the company (example Barnes & Nobel). The auto complete works beautifully. However, the problem arises when I pass the name of the company to the controller to use in searching t...

Hi, I''m wondering if it is possible to pass an extra value (which I will use to further restrict my query) using text_field_with_auto_complete? Any suggestions would be appreciated! -Mike

hello rubys, i got a problem with the text_field_with_auto_complete(). everthing''s working but unfortunately the items (which are for choosing) are filled into the input=text in a way that is unacceptable. the first 6 characzers are empty-spaces, than the item and at last 5 empty-spaces. doeas anybody know why? and maybe how to solve this problem? my code...

I''m using the auto_complete plugin, and it works great, my problem is i need to pass multiple parameters to the controller other that what is typed in the text field. <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :search, :contains, :size => 15, :frequency => 0.1, :skip_style => true -%> This is what i have as of now, but i also need to pass ":language => @default" because two words can have the same spelling in multiple languages and I don''t want to confuse the user. If...

Hi,all I''ve used text_field_with_auto_complete for a while but still haven''t figured out how to store the value that I selected from the suggested options. any hints? Thanks! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the...

hello all, I am trying to get a customized text_field_with_auto_complete working where the generated dropdown will display not only the list of teams (first line), but also their city and country(second line). In my view, I have: <p> <label for="team_name">Team: </label> <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :team, :name, {}, :skip_style...

...n and working with such a nice framework. That said, Ive had my ups and downs over the past few weeks, such is to be expected as part of the learning process, but Ive run into a sort of brick wall, at least for my experience level. I am using the acts_as_taggable plugin in combination with the text_field_with_auto_complete, I have everything working for adding images. However editing tags is proving to be difficult. I am using a '','' dilimeter (:tokens) and have adjusted the acts_as_taggable code to accept such input (including tags with spaces), but when the existing tags are displayed in the te...

I am seeing a problem with text_field_with_auto_complete in which the input does not get populated with the selected value, but only in firefox (1.5.0.4). Works in IE just fine. I have a super-simple mockup that shows this problem below. Can anyone please confirm for me that this does/does not work in firefox or point out my mistake? I''m wond...

I need a form where the user must enter a city name. I would like to use an autocomplete_field for the city name, so I have the following code in my view: <%= text_field_with_auto_complete ''entry'', ''city_name'', :size => 40 %> and in my controller I have the method: def auto_complete_for_entry_city_name @cities = City.find(:all, :conditions => [ ''LOWER(name) LIKE ?'', params[:entry][:city_name].do...

I have a problem with text_field_with_auto_complete. Everything works fine except when I type special characters like ?,?,?. They are not escaped. "oberver_field" has a with-option like this: :with => "''ort='' + escape($F(''ort''))" This works fine with umlauts, too. Is there a way to escap...

I have a a basic prototype coded: #view <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :student, :last_name, { :size => 15 }, :after_update_element => "alert(''hello world'');" %> #controller class ScoresController < ApplicationController auto_complete_for :student, :last_name end If I take out the :after_update_element option everything...

I have a text_field_with_auto_complete that is working just fine, except that I''d like it to retain whatever value is posted to it when it reloads. I can''t find any API documentation on it. Does anyone here know offhand? Thanks, Carl

Hey guys, I have a text_field_with_auto_complete that looks like this: <%= text_field_with_auto_complete ("service_request", "req_name", {"size"=>40}) %> which goes to this in the controller: def auto_complete_for_service_request_req_name auto_complete_responder_for_investigators params[:service_reque...