Form remote tag :before=> function problem

Rails
1

Hi I have a strange problem, I am using the below code

form_remote_tag :url => ‘/abc/test’,:before => “return hello();”,
:update=>‘test_categories’ ,:complete => “Element.hide(‘spinner’)”,
:loading => “Element.show(‘spinner’)” do

I am using :before=> function to validate the fields in the form, but
the problem is that it does not update the div test_categories, instead
opens as a separate page like regular form. If I remove this :before=>
all works fine.

the function hello is below and just a normal js
function hello()
{

if(document.getElementById("card_no").value=="")
{
  alert("Card not captured, please try again")
  document.getElementById("card_no").focus()
  return false;
}
return true;

}

Any Ideas?

2

Hi,

Did you remember to include the relevant JavaScript files e.g
<%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %>

3

Floyd Joseph wrote:

Hi,

Did you remember to include the relevant JavaScript files e.g
<%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %>

Yes thats included, else form_remote_tag would not have worked upon
removing :before=>

It works fine if i dont include the :before=> function , if I include it
doesn work

4

Is it because you’ve got return then the function name? What does that
function itself return?

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5

Hi again,

The problem is that before => does not prevent form submission and
Julian was right about the inclusion of the return. However removing
the return runs the JavaScript hello() function but does not cancel
form submission.

Instead you should use the :condition => filter;

:condition => “$(‘card_no’).value != ‘’”,

This will check the value of card_no and if empty will not submit the
form, otherwise the form is submitted and the test_categories div
updated. If any of the JavaScript code is invalid then a standard http
request will be made. This is why it opens a separate page like
regular form.

6

The other thing i’d suggest is to look up the API for form remote tag
and ensure that you explicitly put all your brackets, parenthesis and
braces… I think ruby might be interpreting your URL string as a
hash… Can you look at the HTML source generated and email it to us?
Thanks

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