Adding an onclick option to link_to method

Rails
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Hello,

I’m trying to use the rail link_to to open a popup window and then
print the popup window at the same time. Is there a way to add
another “onclick” option to tell the popup to print? I know how to do
this in javascript but not sure how to use the rails help to do it. I
also am aware that the link_to_function method is used to call a
javascript function. Here’s the code I have to open the popup:

<%= link_to icon(‘icon_printer’, :alt => ‘Print’) + ‘Print Cable’,
{:controller => ‘print_popup’,
:action => ‘display_popup’,
:doc => @document,
:header => ‘My Doc’},
:title => ‘My Title’,
:popup => [‘display_popup_to’,
‘width=650,height=600,scrollbars=yes, menubar=1’]%>

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tblack06 wrote:

Hello,

I’m trying to use the rail link_to to open a popup window and then
print the popup window at the same time. Is there a way to add
another “onclick” option to tell the popup to print? I know how to do
this in javascript but not sure how to use the rails help to do it. I
also am aware that the link_to_function method is used to call a
javascript function. Here’s the code I have to open the popup:

<%= link_to icon(‘icon_printer’, :alt => ‘Print’) + ‘Print Cable’,
{:controller => ‘print_popup’,
:action => ‘display_popup’,
:doc => @document,
:header => ‘My Doc’},
:title => ‘My Title’,
:popup => [‘display_popup_to’,
‘width=650,height=600,scrollbars=yes, menubar=1’]%>

Here is how I did mine:

<%=link_to_function “Print”,“window.print();” %>

But I had to fist generate the popup window using another link:

<%=link_to “Print Voids
List”,{:action=>“print_voids”},:popup=>[‘new_window’,‘height=300,width=600’,‘scrollbars=yes’]%>

Maybe?:
<%= link_to_function icon(‘icon_printer’, :alt => ‘Print’) + ‘Print
Cable’, :action = ‘display_popup’, :popup => [‘display_popup_to’,
‘width=650,height=600,scrollbars=yes, menubar=1’], “window.print();” %>

This is purely a guess though, I haven’t tried it out. But the
“window.print()” part does work on my app, I think you just have to find
a way to combine the two. Good luck,

-S