Also, how can i match more than one field in the Contact model? In the sense, the User can type either the contact name or the contact email and get relevant results. Like in Gmail.
On Sep 29, 2:31 pm, Vinay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Xavier, > Thanks for your reply. And i DID come across your plugin today :). So > will try to implement it soon. However, I also want to understand why > it is not working in Safari. If i remove the li and ul tags, the > autocomplete results dont show up. The partial is rendered if i look > into the dvlpmnt log but the results dont show up (in any browser). > Ive tried removing the div tags, and showing just contact_name in the > results without any html tags around it. Nothing works. I am running a > protect_from_forgery filter for the auto_complete method alone in the > controller if you notice. Will that affect this in any way? I put this > filter in because the authenticity token was not being passed with the > call. Would really appreciate assistance in this! Thanks! > > On Sep 29, 1:38 pm, "Xavier Noria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 7:13 AM, Vinay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1.User starts typing > > > 2.Autocomplete kicks off and returns matching strings in relevant > > > attributes and Model. > > > 3.User scrolls down options and selects the one he/she wants. > > > 4.Selected option appears on the text box > > > 4a.Text appearing in text box may be different from that shown to > > > user in options list. Like in the Scriptaculous > > > customised_autocomplete demo. > > > 5.When the form is submitted -> The autocomplete field may be either a > > > virtual attribute or otherwise. The field is for a belongs_to > > > associated model so ultimately, the foreign key must be set (in my > > > case, its contact_id for a Create/Edit Reminder form). > > > Just in case, model_auto_completer addresses this use case. You > > autocomplete a belongs_to association and get an ID or else (if > > :allow_free_text), get a new value. > > > > _list.html.erb > > > <ul> > > > <%- for contact in @contacts do -%> > > > <li> > > > <div><%=h contact.name %></div>|<div><%=h contact.email %></div>| > > > <div><%=h contact.company.name %></div> > > > </li> > > > <%- end -%> > > > </ul> > > > Try removing the DIVs somehow, sometimes even spaces around a LI > > content may result in weird behaviour in some browsers. Once you get > > it working, add stuff incrementally. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
