model_auto_completer 1.5.0 is out:
– 1.5.0 (31 March 2008)
- Wrote semi-automated test suite
- New option :append_random_suffix to be able to turn random
suffixes off - New option :submit_on_return, alias of :send_on_return
- Marked :send_on_return as deprecated
- Documented dependency with auto_complete in Rails 2
- Updated copyright
- Added :url option to support named routes
- Revised and simplified documentation
- Fixed the way the macro auto_complete_belongs_to_for figures out
the
class name of the association - Fixed a bug that showed up when you selected two items with the
mouse - :submit_on_return no longer checks the browser
What’s this?
model_auto_completer is a Rails plugin that provides autocompletion
for models. That is, the user autocompletes a text field, but the
widget is able to manage a hidden field that stores the ID of the
model that corresponds to the selected completion.
Such a widget may be useful when the number of options is too much for
a select. Say you need to assign a director to a movie having a
database of hundreds of directors. With this plugin it is easy to let
the user autocomplete by director name, and have a robust database ID
managed under the hood.
– fxn