You could use the JS onblur to enable the check box. <%= text_field_tag "text","field" :onblur => 'check_text_field_for_text(this)' %> then use a js function to check the text box for text and set the checkbox accordingly.
On Mar 30, 10:19 am, Milo Thurston <[email protected]> wrote: > This may seem like a bit of a silly question, but here's the reason: > > I have an app where a large number of options may need to be selected. > Some are simply on/off with a checkbox but others have an additional > text input field associated with them. This is OK if users read the > instructions or they only select an on/off option, but sometimes for the > options with additional text they simply type into the input field and > neglect to tick the box as well. One way around this would be to > re-write the code to remove the requirement for checkboxes on > everything, but before doing that I would like to try using > observe_field to tick the box if they start typing text in the field. Is > that possible? > > So far I have something like this: > > <%= observe_field "text_input[#{parameter}]", :update => > "check_box[#{parameter}]", :parameters => 1, :frequency => 0.5 -%> > > This does not work. Is anyone able to suggest how this might be fixed? > Thanks. > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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.
