# Auto\_complete\_for function

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-complete-for-function/90474>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 29, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-complete-for-function/90474 "2007-03-29T02:46:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jney)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-complete-for-function/90474/1 "2007-03-29T02:46:56Z")

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hello,

i’ve a problem by using text\_field\_with\_autocomplete.  
when i use parameters in the header of my function in works :  
auto\_complete\_for :user :login

but i use the function “auto\_complete\_for\_user\_login” it doesn’t work.

any ideas?

thank you.

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**Author:** ![jney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jney)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-complete-for-function/90474/2 "2007-03-29T10:43:42Z")

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function isn’t reached at all.

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**Author:** ![jney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jney)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 7:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-complete-for-function/90474/3 "2007-03-29T07:03:17Z")

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On Mar 29, 2007, at 2:45 AM, Jean-Sébastien wrote:

> hello,
> 
> i’ve a problem by using text\_field\_with\_autocomplete.  
> when i use parameters in the header of my function in works :  
> auto\_complete\_for :user :login
> 
> but i use the function “auto\_complete\_for\_user\_login” it doesn’t work.

Can you explain in what sense it does not work? Is the method  
reached? Is it called but no completion returns?

– fxn

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**Author:** ![jney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jney)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-complete-for-function/90474/4 "2007-03-29T23:10:08Z")

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i’ve found what was the matter. “auto\_complete\_for” function was  
declared as protected :(.  
thank you anyway Xavier.

On Mar 29, 10:43 am, “Jean-Sébastien” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)