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Hi: does button_to_function allow the use of an image? I tried it in place of the text with "image_tag" and it doesn''t work. Maybe some form of button_to? Any direction you can give would be great! Mike -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

How could I check the value of an javascript object''s attribute? <div id="new_item_details" style="display:none"></div> <%= link_to_function("Show details...", nil, :id => "show_details") do |page| page.visual_effect(:toggle_blind, :new_item_details) if (page[:new_item_details].style.visibility ==

Hii all , I am trying to create a button that, when clicked on, calls a method in a controller . I am thinking that button_to_function is good to use for that i made htnl viwe like <h1>File Upload</h1> <p><label for="upload_file">Select File</label> : <%= file_field ''upload'', ''datafile'' %></p>

Hey everybody, I am trying to create a button that, when clicked on, calls a method in a controller then changes the image on the button without a page load. I was thinking that button_to_function might be a good contender for this but I don''t yet know how to make it talk to a controller, and on success change the image of the button. Can anyone help me out with this problem? Thanks,

I''ve got a table of what I call resources, want to show in a jQuery dialog a particular record when user clicks button in a row. in the table I''m doing: <td><%=button_to_function ''Show'',''showresource1()'',:class =>"ui-button ui-state-default ui-corner-all", :id => resource.id %></td> js: <script

Howdy everyone. I am using modalbox which is very nice an easy to use. I have this for an edit for a company listing: <td><%= link_to(''Manage Companies'', {}, :onclick => ''Modalbox.show(\''/ companies/edit/#{company.id}\'', {width: 600}); return false;'') %></td> The link is not putting the company.id in it puts #{

Hi, Is there some way to produce an anchor that looks like the following using helpers, or should I just code it in the rhtml like this? <a href="#" onmousedown="javascript:foo(); return false"> Thanks, Brad -- Bradley Mazurek

Hello I wonder why this happens: this: <%= link_to_function image_tag("chart_bar.png"), :onclick=>"new Effect.toggle(''bar-project#{project.id}'')" %> outputs this: a href="#" onclick="onclicknew Effect.toggle(''bar-project188''); return false;"><img alt="Chart_bar"

Yo, I have created the usual list that uses drag and drop to reorder stuff and it all works fine. But I don''t want the list to be draggable until someone clicks a button (or link) to enable the reordering. My only idea so far is to have the drag handles hidden with javascript and the show them onclick, but this is messy. Is there not a clean way to do this? Is there a way to

All, I want to do an AJAX request using a custom image button. I currently have this as a standard button action using "button_to". What I need is the button equivalent of "link_to_remote". Is there a helper that I can use, or do I need to build it by hand? I see button_to_function(), but that sets me up to call a Javascript function, not post to a Rails action. Or can

Hi, I''m having a bit of a struggle with link_to_remote. Everything works exactly as I want it, but the problem is that I want to add another attribute to the <a>-tag, namely class="". Long story short, I want specific links to look differently from others, but all of them being link_to_function. Normally, I''d do this with adding a class="foo" to

I looked everywhere but couldn''t find it. I don''t want a submit_tag or image_submit_tag but a normal link that submits my form. Normally I would do this with a javascript like function sendForm () { document.forms[0].submit(); } but this doesn''t work with form_remote_tag link_to_function( ''Send'' , "sendform();") So the question is:

In one of my view , I have an image the user need to click to close a <div>selections</div> added by an Ajax call. if I use : <img src ="/images/icon_closeitem.gif", size="16*16", border="0",alt="Close Selection", title="Close", onclick="<%= remote_function(:url => { :controller => ''property'',

Hi All, Inside my app\views\expenses\new.html.erb file, I had the code: <% form_for(@expense) do |f| %> [snip] <p> <%= f.label :vendor %><br /> <%= f.text_field :vendor %> <br /> <div id="vendor_droplist> <%= select_tag "test", options_for_select(@current_vendors.collect { |v| v.nickname }), {:multiple

Hi, I have the following code <%= button_to_function "Hide", "Element.toggle(''mytext'');"%> which does toggle the invisiblity of the text just fine, But want I want via ajax magic, is to also toggle the button text, so it will now display "Show" when I have toggled the invisiblity of the Div. Thanks for any help. John -- Posted via

Can you have a Javascript function with a param that''s defaulted if it isn''t present? function X(a, b = false, c = ''dog'') { } X(5) calls X with a=5, b=false, c=''dog'' X(4, true) calls X with a=4, b=true, c=''dog'' X(3, true, ''cat'') calls X with a=3, b=true, c=''cat'' ? -- Posted via

Greetings, I''m new to rails and currently having couple problems about how to add javascript functionality into rails. I have a simple method in the helper and i want to run this code on button click. ------------------------------------------------------------------ module PagesHelper def show_message "simple output" end end

Hi. In the episode 74 <http://railscasts.com/episodes/74>, Ryan has a model "project" that can have many "tasks", and he uses link_to_function to dynamically add a field in the form for a new Task. In order to do that he created a helper called add_task_link. The code of the method is: # projects_helper.rb def add_task_link(name) link_to_function name do |page|

Hi, Iam getting the following error ActionController::MethodNotAllowed Only get, put and delete requests are allowed. Actually, Iam trying to have multiple actions for a form to create new record. The actions for the form are cancel, save, publish and preview. here''s the config/routes.rb file code snippet for the relevant controller - Events map.resources :events, :member =>

I read the following tag in teh Beast example <%= submit_tag''Login'', :or => link_to_function(''forgotten password'', "$(''reset-password'').toggle();") %> I understand the link_to_function, but what is this :or parameter used for ? the link doesn''t appear, so it cannot be used... thanks for your lights kad --