# In-place editing of attributes via an “ind ex” page...?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-place-editing-of-attributes-via-an-a-oeind-exa-page/173644>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 12, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-place-editing-of-attributes-via-an-a-oeind-exa-page/173644 "2009-08-12T16:47:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![dezrtdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@dezrtdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dezrtdude)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-place-editing-of-attributes-via-an-a-oeind-exa-page/173644/1 "2009-08-12T16:47:31Z")

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Hi All,

I’m looking to use “in\_place\_editor\_field” on an “Index” page of  
items. Basically I want to mimic spreadsheet functionality for pre-  
existing line items in order to edit their attributes. However, none  
of the “in\_place\_editor” examples I’ve seen provide any useful real-  
world application of this nature.

Also, a lot of the existing code examples don’t work. I’m aware that  
the code was removed from Core, but even after installing it as a  
plugin, it doesn’t seem to do anything.

Any ideas?

Best

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**Author:** ![dezrtdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@dezrtdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dezrtdude)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-place-editing-of-attributes-via-an-a-oeind-exa-page/173644/2 "2009-08-12T17:40:13Z")

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Michael Williams wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I’m looking to use “in\_place\_editor\_field” on an “Index” page of  
> items. Basically I want to mimic spreadsheet functionality for pre-  
> existing line items in order to edit their attributes.  
> […]

I believe ActiveScaffold will do this. It may work for you out of the  
box; if not, you can look at the code and get some ideas!

## Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

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**Author:** ![dezrtdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@dezrtdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dezrtdude)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-place-editing-of-attributes-via-an-a-oeind-exa-page/173644/3 "2009-08-12T17:51:19Z")

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Hrm, it would appear that many of the links on the ActiveScaffold page  
are broken our outdated. That kinda scares me. Still I’ll check it  
out. I may end up just creating my own helpers in order to do in  
place editing. Although that means dusting off my AJAX knowledge and  
a few older books. 😉

Thanks for the post.

On Aug 12, 11:40 am, Marnen Laibow-Koser \<rails-mailing-l…@andreas-

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**Author:** ![dezrtdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@dezrtdude](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dezrtdude)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-place-editing-of-attributes-via-an-a-oeind-exa-page/173644/4 "2009-08-12T18:02:50Z")

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Michael Williams wrote:

> Hrm, it would appear that many of the links on the ActiveScaffold page  
> are broken our outdated. That kinda scares me.

That’s either new or a temporary problem. The plugin itself works  
pretty well.

## Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid