Clearing TEXTAREA After AJAX Submit

Rails
1

Howdy,

This is one of those simple questions that is hard to search and find
an answer for, probably because most people just ‘get it’.

Well, I have what I hope is a simple one.

I have the following:

<% form_remote_for(:chat_message, :url => chat_messages_path
(@chat), :update => ‘message’) do |f| %>
<%= f.text_area :message %>
<%= submit_tag “Send” %>
<% end %>

Works all fine and dandy but when I submit, the data is sent but I
would like the text area to be blanked out again. It contains the
submitted text.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
H

2

On 11/17/06, Hunter H. [email protected] wrote:

<% form_remote_for(:chat_message, :url => chat_messages_path

Thanks,
H

Hunter,

Add an html id to your form_remote_for() and then in your RJS file:

page.call ‘Form.reset’, ‘your_form’

Hope this helps.

–
Zack C.
http://depixelate.com

3

Hunter H. wrote:

<% form_remote_for(:chat_message, :url => chat_messages_path
(@chat), :update => ‘message’) do |f| %>
<%= f.text_area :message %>
<%= submit_tag “Send” %>
<% end %>

Contradicting Zack’s answer, here’s a snip from my post “How to chat”:

form_remote_for( :chat,
:url=>{ :action=>:utter },
:html=>{ :id => ‘chat_panel_’+panel_id.to_s,
:style => ‘display:inline’ },
:update=>‘panel_’+panel_id.to_s+’_new_content_script’,
:loading=>load,
:complete=>comp,
:after=>“chat_utterance.value=’’;”
) do |f|

Note the line :after => “chat_utterance.value=’’;”. If you don’t want
to reset your entire form, you can just zilch out the one TEXTAREA. And
my code zilches punitively, regardless if the submission worked.

New question: How to do that with either RJS and/or Unobtrusive
JavaScript?

(Assuming raw JavaScript is, what, distasteful? :wink:

–
Phlip