# Inline editing of datetime and dropdown select objects?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inline-editing-of-datetime-and-dropdown-select-objects/57183>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 7, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inline-editing-of-datetime-and-dropdown-select-objects/57183 "2006-04-07T19:18:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![aantix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aantix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aantix)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inline-editing-of-datetime-and-dropdown-select-objects/57183/1 "2006-04-07T19:18:05Z")

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I don’t believe that Rails has support for the inline editing of  
datetime objects or dropdown combo boxes.

Does anyone have a helper function or two that would allow me to do such  
a thing?

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**Author:** ![aantix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aantix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aantix)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inline-editing-of-datetime-and-dropdown-select-objects/57183/2 "2006-04-07T22:41:13Z")

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Jim J. wrote:

> I don’t believe that Rails has support for the inline editing of  
> datetime objects or dropdown combo boxes.
> 
> Does anyone have a helper function or two that would allow me to do such  
> a thing?

If anyone is interested, the latest update to “Ruby on Rails Recipes”  
addresses the issue of creating a custom javascript helper for the  
inline editing of a dropdown select list.

[http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/fr\_rr/](http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/fr_rr/)  
Pay attention to chapter one, section two, “Making Your Own Javascript  
Helper”.

It’s a great book; well worth the money.

Now I just have to figure out the inline editing of a datetime object.

– Jim [http://www.RunFatBoy.net](http://www.RunFatBoy.net)

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**Author:** ![aantix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aantix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aantix)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 11:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inline-editing-of-datetime-and-dropdown-select-objects/57183/3 "2006-05-29T11:06:14Z")

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Is there a solution public available for inline editing of datetime  
objects ?

br

Torben Bruun

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**Author:** ![aantix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aantix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aantix)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/inline-editing-of-datetime-and-dropdown-select-objects/57183/4 "2007-09-20T16:21:08Z")

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Currently not, I want to do this for my [http://www.atompad.com](http://www.atompad.com) app so i  
don’t need a separate page for the reminders editing.

got the recipe book so will have a look into this, if it’s not that  
complex i should be able to bash it thru.

John.

Torben Bruun wrote:

> Is there a solution public available for inline editing of datetime  
> objects ?
> 
> br
> 
> Torben Bruun