ok so that takes care of when the form changes, how about submit? how do i know if the submit was sucessful?
On Aug 4, 1:09 pm, Frederick Cheung <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4 Aug 2009, at 17:53, Frank J. Mattia wrote: > > > > > I figured that would be my starting point however, with a very limited > > knowledge of prototype and javascript in general - its not easy to hit > > the ground running with only the docs. Any other advice you can give > > me? > > Prototype (and obviously other js frameworks) have methods for > inserting html into other elements, in prototype you might for example > do > > $('header').insert({top: '<p>Hello world</p>'}) > which will insert that text at the top of the element with id > 'header'. You'd use that as the code you want evaluated when > Form.Observer (or observe_form etc.) decides that the form has changed. > > Fred > > > > > > > On Aug 4, 12:41 pm, Frederick Cheung <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> On Aug 4, 5:24 pm, "Frank J. Mattia" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> Right now I have a simple form hooked up. Now that the form is > >>>> smooth > >>>> and functional, I want to add a feature that I'm not sure how to > >>>> implement. > > >>>> After a user modifies a form, I'd like to have a visual cue appear > >>>> somewhere to show that the form has been changed and needs to be > >>>> saved. > > >>>> It could be a red div at the top of the screen - anything - it is > >>>> doesn't matter. > >>>> Just making it show up when "changed" and disappear when "saved" is > >>>> what I want to do. > > >> You're going to have to do this client side, either use the > >> observe_form helper or write the equivalent javascript yourself (if > >> you are using prototype look at Form.Observer and friends) > > >> Fred > > >>>> Thanks for the advice, > >>>> - FJM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
