AJAX textarea problem (javascript newbie, alas)

I have a form which contains the following:


<%= render(:partial=>‘recipients’) -%>

The recipients partial:

<%= @recipients.join("\r\n") -%>

And the submit button:

updtrecipients rebuilds the @recipients array.

This works fine as long as the textarea is in it’s pristine state,
i.e., nothing has been typed in it by the user. OTOH, if the
user has typed or deleted anything in the textarea, it does
not get updated when the button is clicked. Is there a better
approach for this? I would like the user to be able to
manually add or delete from the contents of the textarea
as well as programmatically insert textarea content.

Thanks much

Ken

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