Walter Many thanks I have cracked it.
$('search').up('form').submit()
I will post the whole code later. I owe you a drink. Contact me on
donsgarden.co.uk
Don
On Nov 13, 1:48 pm, Walter Lee Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Nov 12, 2010, at 9:08 PM, MDM wrote:
>
>
>
> > With thanks to "themiddleman" and "agnaki" somewhere out there in the
> > ether, I have solved the problem:-
>
> > Use respondToChange not respondToChange()
>
> > As the parensthesis () execute the function wheras without () it
> > references it.
>
> > $('search').observe('change', respondToChange()); only triggers when
> > the focus is moved away from the text_field.
>
> > new Form.Element.Observer(
> > 'search',
> > 1,
> > respondToChange()
> > ) }); ................................repeatedly checks the text_field
> > and call the function every 1 second if there is a any change.
>
> > I now only have one small problem.
> > How to call the "form_tag" from the function.
> > Anyone have any ideas.
>
> You might try this.up('form') inside your function, as inside the
> anonymous function, this is set to the 'search' field. If that doesn't
> work, you can always do it long-hand with myForm = $
> ('search').up('form').
>
> Walter
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