I have a rails 4 app where I'm following basically this railscast:
_form.html.erb:
<%= form_for #store, do |f| %>
<%= f.fields_for :products do |builder| %>
<%= render "product_fields", f: builder %>
<% end %>
<%= link_to_add_fields "Add Product", f, :products %>
<% end %>
_product_fields.html.erb
<%= f.select :the_product_type, %w[Shelves, Tools, Wires]%>
<div>
<%= f.fields_for :product_fields do |builder| %>
<%= builder.text_area :name_of_product_field %>
<% end %>
</div>
My JS looks like:
$('form').on('click', '.add_fields', function(e) {
var regexp, time;
time = new Date().getTime();
regexp = new RegExp($(this).data('id'), 'g');
$(this).before($(this).data('fields').replace(regexp, time));
return e.preventDefault();
});
My issue is that when I click the Add Product button, I can only see a select. I can't see the name_of_product_field textarea. But I can't figure out why I can see the select if I can't see the textarea?
product_fields is a nested attribute which you have not build anywhere in your code which is why you are not seeing it.
Assuming that a product has_many product_fields, you can resolve this issue in two ways, choose one that suits you:
1. Build it at Controller level
Build the product_fields in the Controller#action which is rendering the problematic view:
def action_name
#store = Store.new
product = #store.products.build
product.product_fields.build
end
2.Build it at View level
Update the fields_for in _product_fields.html.erb as below:
<%= f.fields_for :product_fields, f.object.product_fields.build do |builder| %>
Related
Built a very basic rails app to manipulate nested attributes using cocoon and the add and remove links work great. However, it wasn't too long until I wanted to alter the underlying content of what was inserted, say in response to another field changing the list of option values in an included select tag. It appears that the contents to be added are contained in an 'a' tag data element (data-association-insertion-template). I can quite easily change the select options for all included lines via jQuery but changing the behavior of the link_to_add_association is beyond me.
Here are snippets of my example:
_form.html.erb
<div>
<strong>Entries:</strong>
<div id="entries" style="border: thin solid">
<%= f.fields_for :entries do |oi| %>
<%= render "entry_fields", f: oi %>
<% end %>
<div class="links">
<%= link_to_add_association 'Add Entry', f, :entries, {id: 'cocoon-add-entry'} %>
</div>
</div>
</div>
_entry_fields.html.erb
<div class="nested-fields">
<%= f.label :item_id %>
<%= f.select :item_id, #items.collect {|i| [i.style, i.id]}, {include_blank: true}, {selected: :item_id, multiple: false} %>
<%= f.label :decoration_id, 'Decoration' %>
<%= f.select :decoration_id, #decorations.collect { |d| [ d.name, d.id ] }, {include_blank: true}, {selected: :decoration_id, multiple: false, class: 'decoration'} %>
<%= f.label :color %>
<%= f.text_field :color %>
<%= f.label :size_id %>
<%= f.select :size_id, #sizes.collect { |s| [ s.name, s.id ] }, {include_blank: true}, {selected: :size_id, multiple: false} %>
<%= f.label :number %>
<%= f.number_field :number, value: 1, min: 1 %>
<%= f.check_box :_destroy, hidden: true %>
<%= link_to_remove_association "Remove Entry", f %>
</div>
orders.coffee
ready = ->
$('.customer').change ->
$.ajax
url: '/orders/change_customer'
data: { customer_id : #value }
$(document).ready(ready)
$(document).on('turbolinks:load', ready)
order_controller.rb
def change_customer
#decorations = Decoration.joins(:logo).where('logos.customer_id = ?', params[:customer_id])
respond_to do |format|
format.js
end
end
change_customer.js.erb
// update all existing entry decorations with new customer driven options
<% new_decor = options_from_collection_for_select(#decorations, :id, :name) %>
var new_decor_options = "<option value='' selected='selected'></option>" + "<%=j new_decor %>";
$('.decoration').html(new_decor_options);
// now need to change $('#cocoon-add-entry').attr('data-association-insertion-template, ???);
// or regenerate link entirely - but don't have required data to do so here (form builder from original)
I have tried to manipulate the template data string directly via js str.replace but that is one ugly regular expression because of the unescapeHTML and htmlsafe operations done to make it an attribute in the first place. And, that approach doesn't smell good to me. I have been slowly working through the cocoon view_helpers and javascript but nothing seems to fit or I don't seem to have the right methods/data values to build a replacement link. Suggestions?
BTW, kudos for cocoon gem.
After a lot of gnashing of teeth, I have cobbled together a potential solution. I haven't decided if I will let this go into production yet because of the limitations but thanks to combining several different SO questions and answers, the following works:
change_customer.js.erb
// update all existing entry decorations with new customer driven options
<% new_decor = options_from_collection_for_select(#decorations, :id, :name) %>
var new_decor_options = "<option value='' selected='selected'></option>" + "<%=j new_decor %>";
$('.decoration').html(new_decor_options);
// update the Add Entry link to capture new decorations set.
// Note use of ugly hack to recreate 'similar' form.
// Also note that this will only work for new order; will have to revise for edit.
'<%= form_for(Order.new) do |ff| %>'
$('#cocoon-add-entry').replaceWith("<%=j render partial: 'add_entry_link', locals: {f: ff} %>");
'<% end %>'
_add_entry_link.html.erb
<%= link_to_add_association 'Add Entry', f, :entries, {id: 'cocoon-add-entry', data: {'association-insertion-method' => 'after'}} %>
I want to perform a check to provide instant validation feedback on the input of a field in my bootstrap form for my Profiles model using java/coffee-script. My current solution is working but feels rather clunky and I would like to improve it.
Here are some code examples of what I'm doing.
app/views/profiles/_form:
<%= bootstrap_form_for(#profile, layout: :horizontal, html: {id: "profile-form"} ) do |f| %>
<%= f.text_field :name %>
<%= f.text_field :number, id: "number-field" %> //Field to check
<%= form_group do %>
<%= f.primary %>
<% end %>
<% end %>
app/assets/javascript/profile_number_control.coffee:
$(document).on 'ready page:load', ->
$field = $("#number-field")
$group = document.getElementById("profile-form").childNodes[5]
numberPattern = "^(19|20)[0-9]{6}-[0-9]{4}$"
$helpBlock = $group.getElementsByClassName("help-block")[0]
$field.keyup ->
//This works fine, just wanted to show what is going on
if inputIsValid()
set $group class to " has-success"
set $helpBlock message to successful
else
set $group class to " has-error"
set $helpBlock message to corresponding error message
Here is the problem. I want this script to work for both profile#new and profile#edit, but since the array of elements given by document.getElementById("profile-form").childNodes differs in length depending of the current view I can not use the same index (5 in the example) for both #new and #update.
Does anyone know how to set an id to that specific form_group in my view? Or do I have to actually write out the whole html code to be able to place an id there properly?
This might help !
<%= bootstrap_form_for(#profile, layout: :horizontal, html: {id: "profile-form"} ) do |f| %>
<%= f.text_field :name %>
<%= f.text_field :number, :input_html => { id: "number-field" } %> //Field to check
<%= form_group do %>
<%= f.primary %>
<% end %>
<% end %>
I have the following action on my controller for a Comment:
def create
#comment = comment.new(params[:comment])
#comment.replyable_type = params[:replyable_type]
#comment.replyable_id = params[:replyable_id]
#comment.user = current_user
respond_to do |format|
format.html do
# Removed
end
format.js do
#comment.save
end
end
end
and the following create.js.erb file for when it gets called by a remote form:
console.log('It did run');
<% if #comment.errors.any? %>
<% #comment.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
console.log('<%= javascript_escape(msg) %>');
<% end %>
<% else %>
comment = "<%= escape_javascript render #comment %>";
<% if #comment.replyable_type == 'Comment' %>
$('#comment-<%= #comment.id %> > .replies').prepend(comment));
<% else %>
$('.comments').prepend(comment);
<% end %>
// removed
<% end %>
Along with the following form partial:
<%= form_for(Comment.new, url: comments_path, remote: true) do |f| %>
<div class="comment-form" id="comment-<%= replyable_type %>-<%= replyable_id %>">
<%= f.text_area :content, cols: 60, rows: 5 %>
<%= hidden_field_tag :replyable_id, replyable_id %>
<%= hidden_field_tag :replyable_type, replyable_type %>
<%= f.submit 'Send Comment', class: 'btn btn-primary' %>
</div>
<% end %>
replyable is a polymorphic association, which can be either a Post or a Comment object. When I submit a copy of the form on a page for a post, where replyable_type is Post and replyable_id is a post's ID, it works fine. When I submit a copy of the form on the same page, with the replyable_type set to Comment, and the replyable_id set to a comment's ID, the view the javascript does not run, at all. The action on the controller runs, using Firebug I can see the rendered javascript being sent back in response to the post request, and the comment is added to the database.
There are no errors in either the Rails console for generating the javascript or in the Firebug console to do with running the generated javascript. There are also no errors in the #comment.errors array. Even the first console.log in the Javascript is not run when the replyable object is a comment, despite being present in the rendered javascript.
What could cause this? I am using Rails 3.2.13 on Ruby 1.9.3
On the user's page there are microposts and each of them have it's own comment form and comments. Using "Endless Page" railscast i'm trying to create "show more comments" button, which will load comments by AJAX. But it's not working.
The problem is in show.js.erb file because:
1) common pagination of comments (without AJAX) is working well
2) "show more button" is working well too. I tested it on the users list page
I think "show more comments" not working because it don'understand <%= j render(comments) %> , <%= j will_paginate(comments) %> and i should have here variables like <%= j render(#comments) %> , <%= j will_paginate(#comments) %>.
But when i try to write in my users_controller.rb
def show
#micropost = Micropost.find(params[:micropost_id])
#comments = #micropost.comments
end
it's not working because on my user's page there are many microposts and i have an error "Couldn't find micropost without an id". So in my microposts/_micropost.html.erb i had to use this
<% comments = micropost.comments.paginate(:per_page => 5, :page => params[:page]) %>
<%= render comments %>
Can anyone please help? How should i change my show.js.erb?
users/show.html.erb
<%= render #microposts %>
microposts/_micropost.html.erb
...
micropost's content
...
<%= render 'comments/form', micropost: micropost %>
<% comments = micropost.comments.paginate(:per_page => 5, :page => params[:page]) %>
<div class="commentaries">
<%= render comments %>
</div>
<div id="append_and_paginate">
<%= will_paginate comments, :class =>"pagination", :page_links => false %>
</div>
javascripts/users.js.coffee
jQuery ->
if $('.pagination').length
$('#append_and_paginate').prepend('<a id="append_more_results" href="javascript:void(0);">Show more</a>');
$('#append_more_results').click ->
url = $('.pagination .next_page').attr('href')
if url
$('.pagination').text('Fetching more...')
$.getScript(url)
users/show.js.erb
$('.commentaries').append('<%= j render(comments) %>');
<% if comments.next_page %>
$('.pagination').replaceWith('<%= j will_paginate(comments) %>');
<% else %>
$('.pagination').remove();
<% end %>
<% sleep 0.3 %>
Bennington, in users/show.html.erb you have
But #microposts is not defined in your controller. What I think you want is to define #microposts as all the microposts associated with what, a User?
If so, you'd want something like `#microposts = Micropost.where(:user_id => current_user.id) or something.
I am using the setup of the R.B. railcast - #197 Nested Model Form Part 2 to dynamically add fields to the form but i am having issues getting the Tokeninput fields to work.
Form:
<%= form_for(current_user, :url => user_products_path) do |f| %>
<%= f.error_messages %>
<%= f.fields_for :user_products do |builder| %>
<%= render "user_product_fields", :f => builder %>
<% end %>
<%= link_to_add_fields "Add a UserProduct", f, :user_products %>
<%= f.submit "Create" %>
<% end %>
This is my user_product_fields partial, the token text_fields are what I'm having the issue with:
<div class="fields">
<%= f.label :product_token, "Product" %>
<%= f.text_field :product_token, :id => 'product_token' %>
<%= f.label :address_token, "Address" %>
<%= f.text_field :address_token, :id => 'address_token' %>
<%= f.label :price %>
<%= f.text_field :price %>
<%= link_to_remove_fields "remove", f %>
</div>
Jquery Tokeninput functions inside of my application.js:
$(function() {
$("#product_token").tokenInput("/products.json", {
prePopulate: $("#product_token").data("pre"),
tokenLimit: 1
});
});
$(function() {
$("#address_token").tokenInput("/business_addresses.json", {
prePopulate: $("#address_token").data("pre"),
tokenLimit: 1
});
});
What the nested form does in the function is this:
function add_fields(link, association, content) {
var new_id = new Date().getTime();
var regexp = new RegExp("new_" + association, "g")
$(link).parent().before(content.replace(regexp, new_id));
}
function remove_fields(link) {
$(link).prev("input[type=hidden]").val("1");
$(link).closest(".fields").hide();
}
This line here:
var new_id = new Date().getTime();
Makes the tokeninput fields dynamic, this is what i pulled up from the HTML, notice the changing long numbers in the fields. This is because of the line above.
<label for="user_user_products_attributes_1313593151076_product_token">Product</label>
<label for="user_user_products_attributes_1313593146876_product_token">Product</label>
<label for="user_user_products_attributes_1313593146180_product_token">Product</label>
How can i get my token fields to work when the fields keep changing up?
Thank you.
EDIT: New working code.
function add_fields(link, association, content) {
var new_id = new Date().getTime();
var regexp = new RegExp("new_" + association, "g")
$(content.replace(regexp, new_id)).insertBefore($(link).parent()).trigger("nestedForm:added");
}
$('div.fields').live("nestedForm:added", function() {
$("#product_token", $(this)).tokenInput("/products.json", {
prePopulate: $("#product_token", $(this)).data("pre"),
tokenLimit: 1
});
});
When trying to data-pre with TokenInput:
def new
#user_product = current_user.user_products.build
# This line below is for TokenInput to work, This allowed me to use #products.map on the form.
#products = []
end
def edit
#user_product = UserProduct.find(params[:id])
# This line below had to find the Product associated with the UserProduct
#products = [#user_product.product]
end
You can user jQuery's insertBefore instead of before as that will return the inserted element. It will help you to trigger some event. You can have a listener on this event, in which you can have you token-input code. You should also use class instead of id, as many elements can have same class, but no two elements should have same id.
$(content.replace(regexp, new_id)).insertBefore($(link).parent()).trigger("nestedForm:added");
$('div.fields').live("nestedForm:added", function() {
$(".product_token", $(this)).tokenInput("/products.json", {
prePopulate: $(".product_token", $(this)).data("pre"),
tokenLimit: 1
});
});
This is just an idea, code is not tested.