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I''ve been trying to sort out a multiple select dropdown but haven''t found any good examples - anyone know of any or perhaps could make a suggestion [see below] Model: 1. Task AR has_many users 2. User AR belongs_to task login/password attributes Controller: View: <%= collection_select("task", "users" , @users, "id", "login", {},

Hi, I''m new to Rails. I''m building a candidates tracking system for recruiting. I have a List page, but instead of listing every candidate, I only wanted to list the candidates in certain statuses. The first time List page is hit, by default, it lists candidates in status < 9. But on the List page, there is a dropdown where all the statuses are listed, so that when user

Guys, I searched this forum and found plenty of people having this problem, but I didn''t see any definitive solution. Usings Rails 1.0. When I edit an existing record, I can''t get the basic "select" helper to display the current value contained in the field of the record. All of my other (text) fields populate correctly with current field values. There appears

Hi, I have an advance search page and its code is as follows - I have written my code like this <div class="container"> <%= form_tag search_index_path, method: :get do %> <%= radio_button_tag ''user_type'', ''customer'' %><p>Customer</p> <%= radio_button_tag ''user_type'',

Hi, I am creating a form that a user can post a message based on his selection on category and subcategory. (A category has many subcategories.) How do I dynamically populate subcategory dropdown list when user chooses a category from category dropdown list? Thanks in advance. -- Best regards, Ming Ma

What would be the best way to create a form select dropdown box and upon "submit" have it directly go to a controller method view? I have something that somewhat works, but I think there is probably a much easier way to do it. As of now, I have the dropdown list which when the form is submitted is handed to a controller method which basically I have my dropdown box: <%=

Hey everybody! I was just wondering if Rails'' javascript library includes something as simple as making a dropdown that jumps to the link when selected without needing a "submit" button. I see a bunch of AJAX effects and draggable-element stuff, but all i need is a simple dropdown... should I code it myself? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I have a collection of products that I am showing in a dropdown. Now at the first view it will show only first 10 products in the dropdown with an option "more..." at last. if user clicks the "more..." he can see all the following products in that dropdown list (this is not any ajax request, just javascript show/hide). Of course the more... option will hide when showing all

Hi, I would like my model instance to produce it''s own list of options for a form select. This is from a product model that has_many variations def alts_for_select(current_id) the_map = variations.map{|v| [v.name, v.id]} options_for_select(the_map, current_id) end the model cannot see the options_for_select method I tried to use

I''m looking for a way to select a default value from a select box, like this: select("user", "role_id", Role.find_all.collect {|r| [ r.name, r.id ] }, { :default_value => ''5'' } (of course, there is no ":default_value") If the form is being used on a ''create'' page, it should display a default in the select box. If

I don''t believe that Rails has support for the inline editing of datetime objects or dropdown combo boxes. Does anyone have a helper function or two that would allow me to do such a thing? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi All, View ******** <tr> <td><b>Student: </b></td> <td><%= text_field "student", "fname", "size" => 40, "maxlength" => 40 %></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Program: </b></td> <td><select id="student_program_id"

I''m terribly new to Rails, so bear with me. I have an application I am working on which deals with projects and subcontractors. There can be several subs on each project and each sub can work on several projects. I have my join table set up and has_and_belongs_to_many in both models. If I manually put data in the join table, this works in my show view: <% for subcontractor in

using the below: <%= select(''project'', ''project_type_id'', @project_types.collect {|x| [x.name,x.id]}, {:include_blank => true}) %> but i''d like that first option to have something like "select project type" with an empty value?

Hi all. I am trying to populate a dropdown based on two values. def self.clientref( reference ) @bugclientrefs = self.find_all(["bug_id = ?", reference]).collect {|b| [ b.client_id.strip << " - " << b.client_ref.strip ]} end This works fine. However this returns the reference to the client. I want the full name using this function. class Bugclient <

Hi, i just installed foreman from the git repository and the dropdown menu does not work. Don''t know xhtml well but opera tells me: Uncaught exception: ReferenceError: Undefined variable: Form Error thrown at line 3, column 0 in http://130.149.58.152/: new Form.Element.EventObserver(''settings_dropdown'', function(element, value) {window.location.href = value;})

Hello, I''m having a problem utilizing the find_all method with a value from a form. I keep getting the following error: Mysql::Error: #42S22Unknown column ''category_id11'' in ''where clause'': SELECT * FROM items WHERE (category_id11) The controller seems to be getting the correct data, but my key and value seem to be mashed together(it''s

Hi Is there an option of displaying a button only when you select an option from dropdown. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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

I''ve been trying to find the "right" way to do this and I''m now appealing to the Rails masses. :) I want to list all the directory names in a specific location and have just the directory names appear in a dropdown control for the user. The Dir.entries("somepath") includes the "." and ".." folders plus all files and folders. The

Hi, I''m quite new to this language and I''m having trouble finding out simple things like a dropdown menu in rhtml. I know I have to use <% select_tag %> but I''ve read lots of different ways to put in the options so I''m a bit confused. Options are hard-coded for the menu I''m trying to create so no database is involved! Thanks v much! Bex --