On Jun 16, 7:43 pm, Spencer Rogers <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hey all I'm having problems getting the correct value of a checkbox. I
> have an observe field that calls a javascript function whenever the
> checkbox is changed. But for whatever reason the checkbox value always
> seems to be 1. Perhaps I'm using the wrong syntax to get the value?...
> My code is below, any help would be greatly appreciated.
The value of a checkbox doesn't change. You need to be checking
whether its checked property is true (or use something like prototypes
$F() method which abstracts away that sort of concern.
Fred
>
> <% remote_form_for :nAd, @nAd, :url => { :action => "update" } do |f| %>
> <%= f.check_box :excludeAd %>
> <%= f.text_area :whyExcludeAd, :cols => 30, :rows => 5 %>
> <% end %>
>
> <%= observe_field("nAd_excludeAd", :function =>
> "displayElementByValue('nAd_excludeAd', 'nAd_whyExcludeAd');") %>
>
> function displayElementByValue(elementToCheck, elementToChange)
> {
> // value is always 1!!
> var value = $(elementToCheck).value;
> formElement = document.getElementById(elementToChange);
>
> }
>
> Basically when this function is called it changes the display property
> of the "nAd_whyExcludAd" element, however I can't get it to correctly
> show the value from "nAd_excludeAd", though the function is being called
> correctly.
> --
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