The `button_to_function` method's second argument should be JavaScript, not Ruby.
See: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/JavaScriptHelper.html#method-i-button_to_function On Sunday, October 27, 2013 10:27:29 AM UTC-6, Ruby-Forum.com User wrote: > > Greetings, > I'm new to rails and currently having couple problems about how to add > javascript functionality into rails. > > I have a simple method in the helper and i want to run this code on > button click. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > module PagesHelper > def show_message > "simple output" > end > end > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > this doesnt work > <%= button_to_function "Print", "show_message()" %> > > this doesnt work too > <input onclick=" show_message() " type="button" value="PRINT" /> > > Can someone please show to properly solve this problem? I would really > apreciate it! thank you! > > -- > 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/41a92d2b-1941-497a-a64d-18b7018bde80%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
