Hello all,
I am using a jquery plugin to search content on a page and highlight
keywords. The function call looks like this:
<script type="text/javascript">
$('div').highlight('@found');
</script>
I want the user to be able to assign the variable @found through an
input field. It seems like it should be fairly easy but I am new to
rails and have difficulty trying to make this work.
So far I have tried to create a method in the controller such as:
def found
@found = ""
#I've also tried @found = gets.chomp but that looks funny in rails
end
and then create the input field like such:
<%= form_tag do %>
<%= text_field :found, :found %>
<%= submit_tag("Post") %>
<% end %>
The page looks fine but it does not assign the variable.
If I try
<%= form_tag(@found) do %>
<%= f.text_field :found %>
<%= f.submit_tag("Post") %>
<% end %>
I get errors.
I may be going about this the wrong way. Any advice would be great.
Thanks
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