# Degrading to same URL **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [October 17, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/degrading-to-same-url/72507 "2006-10-17T18:39:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/degrading-to-same-url/72507/1 "2006-10-17T18:39:38Z")
I hope this comes out clearly - I _think_ I want to try and degrade to the same URL (Ajax vs non-Ajax) It looks like (looking at a slide - [Codecite.com is for sale | HugeDomains](http://codecite.com/presentation/ruby/rails/ajax_rails#22)) the request goes into the same controller (makes sense so far) then the same partial gets called (here is where some confusion takes place) If JS is turned off , then I suppose the partial (the form) must have a submit button. I guess I can also do some type of dom id thing where if js is on button not there and if off, button there ? If JS is turned off, does using the form with the observe\_form code intefere in any way ? Stuart – > **[Dark ambient](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_ambient)** > > Dark ambient (referred to as ambient industrial especially in the 1980s) is a genre of post-industrial music that features an ominous, dark droning and often gloomy, monumental or catacombal atmosphere, partially with discordant overtones. It shows similarities with ambient music, a genre that has been cited as a main influence by many dark ambient artists, both conceptually and compositionally. Although mostly electronically generated, dark ambient also includes the sampling of hand-pla > The te... ---
**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/degrading-to-same-url/72507/2 "2006-10-17T18:47:40Z")
On Oct 17, 12:36 pm, “Dark A.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > If JS is turned off, does using the form with the observe\_form code intefere > in any way ? > > Stuart > > –[Dark ambient - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_ambient) You can use ‘responds\_to’ or just ‘request.xhr?’ to see if the request is a post, get, or ajax call and then respond accordingly. For example, if a submit was sent via a post, you could then redirect to a new page, while an ajax request would render an RJS template and update the original page. Is this what you are trying to do? \_Kevin ---
**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/degrading-to-same-url/72507/3 "2006-10-17T19:29:47Z")
On 10/17/06, \_Kevin [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > the request goes into the same controller (makes sense so far) > > Is this what you are trying to do? > > \_Kevin Yes, that is the goal. However, right now my ajaxed form has no submit button, it has an observe\_form in it. So not sure if that will work , as far as using the same form. This is my quandry. Stuart – > **[Dark ambient](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_ambient)** > > Dark ambient (referred to as ambient industrial especially in the 1980s) is a genre of post-industrial music that features an ominous, dark droning and often gloomy, monumental or catacombal atmosphere, partially with discordant overtones. It shows similarities with ambient music, a genre that has been cited as a main influence by many dark ambient artists, both conceptually and compositionally. Although mostly electronically generated, dark ambient also includes the sampling of hand-pla > The te... ---
**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/degrading-to-same-url/72507/4 "2006-10-17T19:55:56Z")
On Oct 17, 1:26 pm, “Dark A.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > It looks like (looking at a slide - > > > intefere > > > to a new page, while an ajax request would render an RJS template and > > > –[Dark ambient - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_ambient) > > > So, if I follow you correctly, you want to use the AJAX methods unless > > > JS is turned off. In that case you want it to degrade to a standard > > > form with a submit button? One way to do this would be to let the page render with a button and then use AJAX or JS to remove the button. If no JS or AJAX, then it will stay there. \_Kevin ---
**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/degrading-to-same-url/72507/5 "2006-10-17T20:48:11Z")
On 10/17/06, \_Kevin [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > place) > > > > –[Dark ambient - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_ambient) > > So, if I follow you correctly, you want to use the AJAX methods unless > JS is turned off. In that case you want it to degrade to a standard > form with a submit button? > > One way to do this would be to let the page render with a button and > then use AJAX or JS to remove the button. If no JS or AJAX, then it > will stay there. So until the button is pressed there is no way of knowing that the browser is JS enabled ? Stuart – > **[Dark ambient](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_ambient)** > > Dark ambient (referred to as ambient industrial especially in the 1980s) is a genre of post-industrial music that features an ominous, dark droning and often gloomy, monumental or catacombal atmosphere, partially with discordant overtones. It shows similarities with ambient music, a genre that has been cited as a main influence by many dark ambient artists, both conceptually and compositionally. Although mostly electronically generated, dark ambient also includes the sampling of hand-pla > The te...