similar to: Controlling the controller for text_field_with_auto_complete

Hi Rails, I am having trouble setting up an autocomplete text field. Using rails 1.0.0 and just trying to copy the simple scriptaculous demo (http://demo.script.aculo.us/ajax/autocompleter) fails. My view and controller are set up the same way. In firefox 1.0.4 (and safari, don''t remember the version) I get the Ajax.Autocompleter error in the javascript console when loading the

Okay, I see this instance variable places, but I can not determine if it is real or where the content comes from. I''ve tried views/<controller>/sidebar.rhtml, _sidebar.rhtml, views/layouts/sidebar.rhtml and views/layouts/_sidebar.rhtml. Does this actually exist? What''s the Rails Way to make a good sidebar? http://www.google.com/search?q=content_for_sidebar Thanks,

Hi Rails Users, I have a select list that I''d like to use to update a div onchange. Right now I just have the div appear, but not update: <%= select_tag( "profiles_select", option_tags = @profiles, { :onchange => "new Effect.Appear(''the_profile'', { duration: 0.5 } );"

I implemented a Temperature model for my application. It is pretty basic, composed of a temperature, a unit and some conversion methods. In my app model I decided to store temperature values in Fahrenheit, so there is no need to remember the units between invocations. I am having a little trouble composing my app model. A little bit of my temperature class: class Temperature # Composed of

I''d like to be able to comment out a few lines of RHTML code easily. With HTML you can just surround the code in <!-- ... -->, but if you do that with the RHTML, it still gets executed, then the resulting HTML is commented out. Sometimes I''d like to be able to leave the code in but not have it evaluated..usually just for quick tests, but sometimes I want to take the

I''m a rails newbie. I''ve got a link_to_remote that puts a partial render into a div ("note1", "note2", etc.). As part of the display that comes up, I put in a hide note link (element.toggle). Click that, the div goes away, everything''s great... except now I can''t get it back. How can I call the remote AND make the div show at the same

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 result from a remote_function_tag, I am

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

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

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

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 last_name to make a name and use that to look it. working

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 -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

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 is following: view:

I am having some trouble using `text_field_with_auto_complete'' in Firefox. For some reason, the drop-down list is being rendered behind other table elements. Firefox (broken): http://schema.ca/broke.png Safari: http://schema.ca/safari_works.png I''m wondering if anyone is aware of this problem, and what I might be able to do to work around it? Thanks, -Mike

I have some difficulties with text_field_with_auto_complete. I’m new to this, it just will not work, I must be doing something wrong. It would be great if someone could advise me. I have tried to follow advice available on the internet, so I don’t know what the problem is. The script gets as far as the breakpoint in the controller, but it doesn’t like the next line – giving the error message

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 works as advertised.

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

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 Google Groups "Ruby on Rails:

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'' }) %> <label