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Hi I''d like to know how to add default text text area using the function text_area. I ''ve tried using value = "....." to do this but with no luck. Could some one please answer my simple question? Thanks. Dan. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I''m trying to use the text_area() method and would like to populate the text block with initial text. According to this: http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/3752 there was a fix put in place, but I''m ont sure how to integrate this. How do I get the :value parameter to show up within the textbloc instead of the html attributes? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I''m having a problem getting the text area the size I want it to be. In my view at the top I have this init calls <script type="text/javascript" > tinyMCE.init({ mode: "textareas", theme: ''advanced'', theme_advanced_toolbar_location: ''top'' }); </script> Then in my form: <%= text_area

I''m trying to get a page to validate as XHTML Strict, and I''ve gotten everything fixed except for one <textarea> that Rails is generating. <textarea cols="40" id="estcomment_comment" name="estcomment[comment]" rows="10" wrap="virtual"></textarea> This tag is being called in my view with <%=

I am getting a blank page, no errors, just a blank page. I have 2 files... reports/city_taxes_print.erb reports/_city_taxes_print.erb and my method is city_taxes_print and after getting variables from the controller, my erb file which is fairly basic... <% # City of Scottsdale @taxauthids = [ "32", "40" ] @report_title = "Scottsdale Sales Tax Detail Report for

Is there a easy way to add components like: http://www.dynarch.com/projects/calendar/ http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/example_full.php?example=true in ruby forms, by plugins or whatever? Thank you Rodrigo Dom?nguez Iplan Networs www.iplan.com.ar <http://www.iplan.com.ar/> ? rdominguez@iplan.com.ar www.rorra.com.ar <http://www.rorra.com.ar/> ? rorra@rorra.com.ar --------------

In testing my application on different browsers, I''ve noticed a few differences:- a password_field :size=>20 is smaller than a text_field :size=>20 on Internet Explorer. They are the same on Firefox and Safari. makes my login box look silly. the same can be seen on the login screen for this forum. the password box is a little shorter on IE6. more annoying however is I have

Hello, Is it possible to fill the textarea content when using the text_area function ? Why there is 2 , + or - similar class : FormHelper and FormTagHelper ?

Hi, If I have @answers in my Controller, which is an array of Answer model objects which don''t exist in the DB yet... How do I bind a text_area helper in the View to each Answer? (I''m pre-filling some of the Answers with other data people need to verify before submitting and will insert on POST.) I''ve been able to get the textareas to render but not with the

Hi, I''d like to insert/append some default text into a text area after clicking on an image button ''test.png'' in edit.rhtml: <%= link_to image_tag("test.png"), url => { :action => :new_text } %> Action: # article_body is the textarea''s id. def new_text render :update do |page| page.insert_html :bottom, :article_body,

I have an input field with an id which has a value. The web_steps.rb method does not find the value. Is this the right step to use to check an input field? It works fine for a text_area but not an input. Scenario steps (tried both ways): Then the "travel_card_number_gate" field should contain "5" Then the "#travel_card_number_gate" field should contain "5"

I was just wondering if there is a way to limit the number of characters that can be entered in a textfield? Here is what I have for a helper: <%= text_area ''user'', ''rentalcar_comments'', :size => "69x4" %> I am describing a size but I need it to only allow a certain number of characters and no more. Is that possible or am I going to have to

I would like to customise my FCKeditor-instance so that when the "add image" button is pressed, it opens my own add_image popup. In this popup i would handle the image upload/image browser/etc. tasks with rails. How can I open the popup and pass the picture information from there back to FCKeditor''s textarea? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi all, I''d like to unindent a block of ERB specifically to combat the extra spacing being added to content inside <textarea> by the browser. Is there such a feature in ERB? I shall denote indentation with underscores in the pseudo code example below. Thanks in advance, Khoan. myview.erb: <html ...> __<%= render ''form'' %> </html>

Hi folks, I''ve been trying to figure this one out for a few hours now and can''t seem to understand what I might be doing wrong here. Basically, I have a textarea which has a little icon next to it which will fire off a reset of the original comment if pressed. It works under IE so that when the user types some garbase in to the textarea, and clicks the icon, the contents

Ok, this is driving me nuts. I''m trying to RJS some text into a text_area which may or may not have been written in by the user. if I page.insert_html :before, :after, :top, or :bottom, it either sticks the contents above or below the text box (but never in). If I do: page[:textboxid].value = "blah" it overwrites the contents of the textbox but doesn''t APPEND to it.

Hi Community.... I''m new in this game, so this might be a easy question, but I have done my google, without result, so I will try this.... I''m learning ROR, and I''m using Patrick Lens ''Ruby on Rails'' book. (This is written for ror 1.x - and I''m using NetBeans 6.1 - ror 2.x - this might be the problem...) But... I have made this

I have got two forms, the first is a textarea plus a link that activates some javascript to change the form, the second activates some javascript on the onchange event which changes it into a textarea form. This works in Firefox, but not in Safari. Also, I need the value which is selected. I''ve found an example that gives the parameter to the javascript, like this: <input

Hello, I have a problem with accentued characters return from a textarea I have 3 simple files to show example ( below ). index.rhml : If I put "?nial" inside the textarea, then submit to :action => post post.rhml : wrote ?nial 195 "\303\251nial" // params[:comment][:message] return => ?nial params[:comment][:message][1] return => 195 ! ( 195 is not

I have a form where the user will type in some text in a text area. When this form gets submitted, all of the info gets pushed into a MySQL table. The text area in question can have HTML and special formatting. I want to create a preview div for this. I can use observe_field to preview the formatting as they type, but I''d rather have it set so that they can click a "Preview"