On September 10, 2010 04:05:32 pm kevinpfromnm wrote:
> You could also move this to the model since it's not really view code
> and then you don't have to make it depend on the choice of instance
> variable.
> 

I am a little bit confused.  Where else in the application would this method 
be used, other than the controller?

I would have thought that it should be placed in the viewhints file (unless it 
could go into a helpers file).

Regards,
Henry

> def slate_options
>    @slate_options ||= self.shoot.slates.map {|slate| [slate.name,
> slate.id]}
> end
> 
> On Sep 10, 6:43 am, François Beausoleil
> 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Map your slates to [name, id]:
> > 
> >     this.shoot.slates.map {|s| [s.name, s.id]}
> > 
> > When I do that in my application, I write a helper method in my
> > controller:
> > 
> >     class SlatesController < ApplicationController
> >       helper_method :slate_options
> > 
> >       private
> > 
> >       def slate_options
> >         @slate_options ||= @slate.shoot.slates.map {|slate|
> > [slate.name, slate.id]}
> >       end
> >     end
> > 
> > Note that in the controller I don't have access to "this", thus I've
> > used the original @slate instance directly.
> > 
> > Hope that helps!
> > François
> > 
> > On 9 sep, 09:42, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > >     I'm having trouble with the difference between select-one,
> > >     which I can get to work, and select-one-editor, which I can't.
> > > 
> > >     In my (movie) app,  I have models shoots, slates and takes.
> > > 
> > >     shoot
> > >         has_many :slates
> > > 
> > >     slate
> > >         has_many :takes
> > >         belongs_to :shoot
> > > 
> > >       take
> > >         belongs_to :slate
> > > 
> > >     To allow changing the slate of a take I have this in
> > > application.dryml
> > > 
> > > <extend tag="form" for="Take">
> > > <old-form merge>
> > > <field-list: fields="description, downloaded, stills, movie, archived,
> > > image_sequence, slate, shoot">
> > > <slate-view:>
> > > <select-one options="&[email protected]"></select-one>
> > > </slate-view:>
> > > </field-list>
> > > </old-form>
> > > </extend>
> > > 
> > >     And this gives me a nice drop down, restricted to just those
> > > slates which belong to the same shoot.
> > > 
> > >   I also want an ajax'ed in-line-editor to do the same thing from the
> > > show slate pages, so I have this
> > > in slate/show.dryml
> > > 
> > > <table-plus:takes fields="this,  downloaded, slate, stills, movie,
> > > image_sequence, archived,  raw_filename">
> > > .
> > > .
> > > 
> > > <slate-view:>
> > > <select-one-editor options="&[email protected]"/>
> > > </slate-view>
> > > 
> > >     This presents, at first glance the same drop down in the table
> > > plus.
> > > 
> > >     However, his gives me two problems
> > > 
> > > 1) The value of the select options is the name of the take, not its id
> > > and this on a save I get a slate id of 0.
> > > 2)  When the drop down is changed, it doesn't actually trigger the
> > > save of the take and a refresh of the page is necessary.
> > > 
> > >     Any insights welcome.
> > > 
> > > Mike

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