:) you could just as well do the same in an rjs template.. Thats a valid point though, that using render :update breaks MVC. Ive always wondered though whether breaking the pattern in such cases is really gonna harm the application or is it just breaking a principle. if its really gonna harm the application, render :update probably would not even exist right?
On Jul 24, 3:59 pm, clemens <[email protected]> wrote: > As I haven't used Ajax in rails so far (all customers wanted to stay > js-less) I can't/couldn't deliver any code ;-) > > Regarding Rams suggestion: > looks like "render :update" is not propagated > -->http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/... > > On Jul 24, 12:00 pm, Ram <[email protected]> wrote: > > > this can be done without having to pass the current toggle status > > > the view > > <% orders.each do |order| %> > > <tr> > > <td><%= order.whatever%></td> > > <td id="#{order.id}"><%= link_to_remote image_tag("path_to_image"), > > url_to_toggle_method(:id => order.id) %></td> > > </tr> > > <% end %> > > > the controller > > > def toggle > > @order = Order.find(params[:id]) > > @order.toggle_the_boolean_attribute_based_on_its_current_value > > @order.save(false) > > render :update do |page| > > page.replace_html "#[email protected]}", > > the_new_image_with_link_to_remote > > end > > end > > > there are a few things missing and its untested but thats definitely > > one way to go. look into render :update. > > > On Jul 24, 11:16 am, clemens <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > why don't you generate the complete image tag by :toggle and then > > > update the correpsonding div? > > > div.innerHtml = updatedImageTagStr; > > > > On Jul 24, 8:04 am, Tim Rand <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I AM TRYING TO MAKE A DAMN TOGGLE BOX, BUT USING MY OWN GRAPHIC AND > > > > HAVING > > > > THE MOUSECLICK TRIGGER BOTH SWITCHING THE GRAPHIC (via AJAX) AND SAVING > > > > THE > > > > STATE IN THE DATABASE. > > > > > I GOT IT ALL WORKING WITH NORMAL HTML GET CALLS TO THE SERVER, BUT I > > > > NEED IT > > > > TO BE AJAXIFIED SO THAT THE PAGE DOESN'T RELOAD. > > > > > AND TO COMPLICATE MATTERS, IT HAS TO WORK IN A TABLE WITH AN ARBITRARY > > > > NUMBER OF ENTRIES, AND MUST OF COURSE SPECIFICALLY UPDATE ITS OWN ROW > > > > ONLY. > > > > So far: > > > > I have an orders table. I want to have a graphic within <div id=<%= '"' > > > > + > > > > order.id + '"' + '>' %>IMAGE</div>, which when clicked calls the > > > > link_to_remote method with an :action => "toggle". > > > > > The toggle method then determines the current state of a BOOLEAN field > > > > in > > > > the database, switch that field, and then render with a call to the rjs > > > > file, which I want to update the image by replacing it with another > > > > image. > > > > > If this new image is clicked it would go through a similar process to > > > > get > > > > back to the original state. > > > > > But alas I cannot quite get there, because I can't seem to figure out > > > > how to > > > > get rjs to take a variable so that it will update only the tag on the > > > > row > > > > where the graphic is found. I basically need to be able to pass in > > > > order.idas the name of the html id to rjs, which apparently can only > > > > take strings. > > > > > I wonder if a partial would solve this issue? Oh, will I ever be a > > > > jedi or must I always remain a padawan? > > > > Tim- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
