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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 9, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-equivalent-to-my-link-to-remote-statement/165151 "2009-04-09T16:30:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:**  [@hadoob024](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hadoob024)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-equivalent-to-my-link-to-remote-statement/165151/1 "2009-04-09T16:30:52Z")
I have the following link\_to\_remote statement that I need to convert
into an tag, but can’t figure it out. I looked at the
rubyonrails api page and did a google search, but they don’t have any
examples similar to mine where I can figure it out. Here’s my
statement:
\<%= link\_to\_remote tag.name,
:url =\> {:action =\> “tag\_selector”, :id =\> @order.id},
:html =\> {:id =\> tag.id, :class =\> “tag”},
:with =\> “'tag=” + tag.id.to\_s + “’”%\>
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**Author:**  [@hadoob024](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hadoob024)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-equivalent-to-my-link-to-remote-statement/165151/2 "2009-04-09T16:46:23Z")
Taneal Bhandari wrote:
> I have the following link\_to\_remote statement that I need to convert
> into an tag, but can’t figure it out. I looked at the
> rubyonrails api page and did a google search, but they don’t have any
> examples similar to mine where I can figure it out. Here’s my
> statement:
>
> \<%= link\_to\_remote tag.name,
> :url =\> {:action =\> “tag\_selector”, :id =\> @order.id},
> :html =\> {:id =\> tag.id, :class =\> “tag”},
> :with =\> “'tag=” + tag.id.to\_s + “’”%\>
I need help understanding the question. (But please consider the
Ruby-on-Rails
Talk forum at news://news.gmane.org:119/gmane.comp.lang.ruby.rails in
future!)
Link\_to\_remote translates into an a with an href of # and an onclick of
a ton of
JavaScript. The code you wrote is already converted. Try this:
\<%=
x = link\_to\_remote tag.name,
:url =\> {:action =\> “tag\_selector”, :id =\> @order.id},
:html =\> {:id =\> tag.id, :class =\> “tag”},
:with =\> “'tag=” + tag.id.to\_s + “’”
puts x
x
%\>
When your page renders (or when - ahem - your functional tests run), you
should
see your link\_to\_remote statement converted into an tag.
What will you do with it now?
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**Author:**  [@hadoob024](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hadoob024)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-equivalent-to-my-link-to-remote-statement/165151/3 "2009-04-09T17:08:40Z")
Phlip wrote:
> When your page renders (or when - ahem - your functional tests run), you
> should
> see your link\_to\_remote statement converted into an tag.
>
> What will you do with it now?
Good call. I didn’t even think of that. Basically, I’m using an rjs
page to swap out a bunch of html on my page and doing some hide/shows on
some divs. When I first run the page, I have a bunch of link\_to\_remote
calls on the page which render fine, but on the rjs page, I’m creating a
big string that I’m swapping out with the original html, which is why I
needed to write out my link\_to\_remote calls as tags on the rjs
page. But thanks for the tip and I’ll remember to post to a more
appropriate forum next time (thought I was ok with this one, but guess
not). Thanks again!
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**Author:**  [@hadoob024](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hadoob024)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-equivalent-to-my-link-to-remote-statement/165151/4 "2009-04-09T18:05:36Z")
Taneal Bhandari wrote:
> calls on the page which render fine, but on the rjs page, I’m creating a
> big string that I’m swapping out with the original html, which is why I
> needed to write out my link\_to\_remote calls as tags on the rjs
> page. But thanks for the tip and I’ll remember to post to a more
> appropriate forum next time (thought I was ok with this one, but guess
> not). Thanks again!
Call link\_to\_remote directly inside your RJS - that’s what its for
(And test it all with assert2’s assert\_rjs\_. Google for that, with my
street name)
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**Author:**  [@hadoob024](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hadoob024)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-equivalent-to-my-link-to-remote-statement/165151/5 "2009-04-09T19:36:57Z")
Phlip wrote:
> Call link\_to\_remote directly inside your RJS - that’s what its for
>
> (And test it all with assert2’s assert\_rjs\_. Google for that, with my
> street name)
Cool! That worked. I think I had an extra set of quotes that was
throwing everything off. Didn’t realize it until I brought up firebug.
Thanks!