Hi,
in a ‘new’ view for a persons model & controller, I want to be able to
present a number of attribute options in the shape of icons. Each
click on a different icon should set a given value to an attribute.
For instance, if the user clicks on the icon for a “girl”, I want the
‘sex’ attribute to be set to ‘F’ and the ‘girl’ icon to be somehow
highlighted with a different border…
When the user is satisfied with the options he set, he clicks on a
submit button.
I don’t know how to pass the icon clicks as attribute values to my
controller…
Thanks
Sacredceltic wrote:
I don’t know how to pass the icon clicks as attribute values to my
controller…
Just create hidden_field in your form and set it values from javascript
(onChange)… then submit the form and construct your query with these
values…
tom
Thanks
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Tomas Meinlschmidt, MS {MCT, MCP+I, MCSE, AER}, NetApp Filer/NetCache
Thank you Tom,
but how do you pass the hidden_field values to the actual record
attributes from my controller @person = current_user.person.build()
Say I want to pass the value to @person.sex, for instance ?
Sacredceltic wrote:
Thank you Tom,
but how do you pass the hidden_field values to the actual record
attributes from my controller @person = current_user.person.build()
Say I want to pass the value to @person.sex, for instance ?
in the same way as you create other forms…
<% form_for(@person) do |f|%>
<%= f.hidden_field :sex %>
then on icon you could set onClick=“setSex(‘M’, this)”
function setSex(gender, element) {
document.getElementById(‘person_sex’).value=‘M’;
// change class to make this selected/highlighted
this.setAttribute(“class”, “highlited”)
// change other items
…
}
other way is to change radio buttons itself to images…
http://ryanfait.com/resources/custom-checkboxes-and-radio-buttons/
When the user is satisfied with the options he set, he clicks on a
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Tomas Meinlschmidt, MS {MCT, MCP+I, MCSE, AER}, NetApp Filer/NetCache
if you’re not familiar with javascript, then try the image based radio
buttons, it should be more easier to implement with the standard rails
way…
tom
Sacredceltic wrote:
hidden attributes so they are saved along the others when the user
in the same way as you create other forms…
// change other items
On Mar 11, 1:20 am, Tom Z Meinlschmidt [email protected] wrote:
I don’t know how to pass the icon clicks as attribute values to my
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Tomas Meinlschmidt, MS {MCT, MCP+I, MCSE, AER}, NetApp Filer/NetCache
Thank you Tom for your help. I understand the logic of modifying a
hidden field now, but I am afraid there is a connection I still don’t
make. I am not familiar with javascript.
Where do you place the java function you defined ? In the form
itself ?
Is “This” the model class ? Or a div id ?
I was thinking to use a “link_to_remote image_tag…” but I don’t know
what it should call. I don’t want to execute any other controller
action. I want to remain within the “new” action and just set the
hidden attributes so they are saved along the others when the user
click on “submit” button of the “new” form.
Thank you