# In-place Editing; State of the Union

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-place-editing-state-of-the-union/170893>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 24, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-place-editing-state-of-the-union/170893 "2009-06-24T02:12:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![corywilkerson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/aca169/32.png) [@corywilkerson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/corywilkerson)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-place-editing-state-of-the-union/170893/1 "2009-06-24T02:12:09Z")

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All,

Wants the current State of the Union wrt in-place editing and Rails 2.2  
or \>? Are folks using the in\_place\_editor plugin? SuperInPlaceControls  
([http://os.flvorful.com/super\_in\_place\_controls](http://os.flvorful.com/super_in_place_controls))? Rolling your own?

Getting ready to dig in for a new project and just wanted to see what  
the prevailing wisdom is?

Thanks!  
CW

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**Author:** ![corywilkerson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/aca169/32.png) [@corywilkerson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/corywilkerson)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-place-editing-state-of-the-union/170893/2 "2009-08-19T01:26:45Z")

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Any reply to this…?

I just discovered the SuperInPlaceControls plugin today and am trying  
it out… I like it, but here are some problems I’m having:

1. I get the following error when trying to use \<%=  
in\_place\_date\_select :contact, :birthday %\>

2. if an obj’s attribute is nil or blank, the plugin doesnt show any  
alternate text (e.g. “click to edit”), it inserts a line break and  
then creates a hot spot for clicking to edit that only makes itself  
evident (by highlighting) if the user happens to rollover it

3. on non-empty attributes, when you click to edit, it always seems to  
insert a   
 before bring up the edit controls despite trying some  
things indicated by reading the code

Anybody have any experience with this plugin, workarounds to these  
problems, or an alternative to the whole in place editing approach?

On Jun 23, 5:12 pm, Cory W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)