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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 13, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mixing-a-call-to-rhtml-and-rjs/114523 "2007-09-13T21:42:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:**  [@jeannibee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeannibee)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mixing-a-call-to-rhtml-and-rjs/114523/1 "2007-09-13T21:42:04Z")
Hi
I’ll admit that I’m being lazy and trying to avoid learning enough
javascript to implement this in [Script.aculo.us](http://Script.aculo.us), but if I have to I
will.
If I don’t then someone will have answered this question I have. 😉
I have an .rhtml being rendered but I want to also ‘flash’ a
element on the screen that matches a criteria, this page is NOT being
updated via ajax.
Any clue?
thanks.
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**Author:**  [@jeannibee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeannibee)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mixing-a-call-to-rhtml-and-rjs/114523/2 "2007-09-17T13:25:21Z")
I’m not sure I have enough information about what you are trying to do,
but do you mean that you want to put flash data into a div if certain
criteria is true at the time the page is rendered? If so, you could just
do this in your .rhtml file:
…
\<% if condition -%\>
\<%= flash[:error] -%\>
\<% end -%\> ...
If you are wanting to do something after the page is rendered based on
user interaction, that would need to be done w/ javascript.
-Bill
Jean N. wrote:
> updated via ajax.
>
> Any clue?
>
> thanks.
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Sincerely,
William P.
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**Author:**  [@jeannibee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeannibee)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mixing-a-call-to-rhtml-and-rjs/114523/3 "2007-09-17T13:25:35Z")
I think what you want to do is this:
Watch me highlight!
cheers
Ivor