# Auto\_complete\_for - return id **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 27, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-complete-for-return-id/107948 "2007-06-27T19:43:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dgm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@dgm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dgm)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-complete-for-return-id/107948/1 "2007-06-27T19:43:59Z")
I’m using an auto\_complete\_for. Is there an easy way to return the id of the item the user selects from the list? For example - I have an auto complete drop down that has 3 items in it. phones computers monitors when the user types in “p” it shows “phones” in the auto complete. When I click enter I want to view phones so I need to pass the id to the appropriate action. How do I pass the id using auto complete? Is there a better way to do this? I basically want it to work similar to the typical drop down but I also want auto complete. ---
**Author:** ![dgm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@dgm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dgm)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-complete-for-return-id/107948/2 "2007-06-27T20:03:38Z")
On Jun 27, 2007, at 7:43 PM, David M. wrote: > want auto complete. > That’s provided by model\_auto\_completer: [http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/model\_auto\_completer](http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/model_auto_completer) – fxn ---
**Author:** ![dgm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@dgm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dgm)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-complete-for-return-id/107948/3 "2007-06-27T21:54:17Z")
Thank you. I’ve actually never installed a plugin and have been having trouble connecting to the rubyforge repository through creating a new repository location through radrails. Do you have any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![dgm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@dgm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dgm)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-complete-for-return-id/107948/4 "2007-06-28T16:42:13Z")
thanks…I get this error: svn: Can’t connect to host ‘[rubyforge.org](http://rubyforge.org)’: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. is there some sort of log in process? ---
**Author:** ![dgm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@dgm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dgm)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-complete-for-return-id/107948/5 "2007-06-28T19:45:11Z")
On Jun 28, 2007, at 4:42 PM, David M. wrote: > thanks…I get this error: > > svn: Can’t connect to host ‘[rubyforge.org](http://rubyforge.org)’: No connection could be > made > because > the target machine actively refused it. > > is there some sort of log in process? You could try again with -v: script/plugin -v install URL – fxn ---
**Author:** ![dgm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@dgm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dgm)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-complete-for-return-id/107948/6 "2007-06-28T00:35:06Z")
On Jun 27, 2007, at 9:54 PM, David M. wrote: > I’ve actually never installed a plugin and have been having trouble > connecting to the rubyforge repository through creating a new > repository > location through radrails. Do you have any suggestions? The usual idiom is to cd into the root directory of your Rails application and execute this command: script/plugin install svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/model-ac/trunk/ vendor/plugins/model\_auto\_completer Please note that is a single line, in case the mail gets wrapped. – fxn