You probably need to put the select into a partial and then refresh
the partial when you return from the observe field.  I would probably
go with an ajax "on blur" with the text field as this would put a bit
less load on the server.

On Aug 6, 2:06 pm, FF <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>  I have two fields in a form.
>  One text field non asociated to the model for the user type a value.
> the
>  view is:
>  <%= text_field_tag 'item_cod','', :size => 3 %>
>
>  Other a field with a select list with codes, names for the user
> select
>  from. The view is:
>
>  <%= f.select :item_id, Item.select_list, :size => 40 %>
>
>  item_id is the real field of my model.
>
>  I want the following behavior.
>  1. If the user type a code into the text_field tag -> Update the list
> so
>  the user view the corresponding name of the item they type.
>  2. If the user select from the list -> Update the text field with
> the
>  code corresponding to the name selected. (this is the easy part)
>
>  My form works fine with one Observe field for the :item_id list but
> I
>  can't do work the point 1.
>
>  Thanks in advance,
>  FF
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