RJS - page object in helpers?

Rails
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Hello,
I am using RJS and Edge Rails and I was wondering if the page object
should
be available in helpers also.

For example if I have a helper function

def update_flash_messages
page.replace_html ‘flash_messages’, (show_flash_messages :textilize
=> true)
page.visual_effect ‘flash_messages’, :appear
end

and then in my RJS files I call
update_flash_messages

But right now the above code doesn’t work, rather I have to pass the
page
object as shown below:

def update_flash_messages(page)
page.replace_html ‘flash_messages’, (show_flash_messages :textilize
=> true)
page.visual_effect ‘flash_messages’, :appear
end

and RJS file
update_flash_messages page

Notice the passing of `page’ object. Will it not be convenient if Rails
does
it automatically.
Or am I missing something?

Thanks.

Surendra S.
http://ssinghi.kreeti.com, http://www.kreeti.com

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On 3/8/06, Surendra S. [email protected] wrote:

Hello,
I am using RJS and Edge Rails and I was wondering if the page object should
be available in helpers also.

Sure can, on the latest code in trunk, but you have to call them on
the page object:

class RjsController
def rjs
render :update do |page|
page.update_flash_messages
end
end
end

module RjsHelper
def update_flash_messages
page.replace_html ‘flash_messages’, (show_flash_messages :textilize
=> true)
page.visual_effect ‘flash_messages’, :appear
end
end

–
Rick O.
http://techno-weenie.net

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“Rick O.” [email protected] writes:

On 3/8/06, Surendra S. [email protected] wrote:

Hello,
I am using RJS and Edge Rails and I was wondering if the page object should
be available in helpers also.

Sure can, on the latest code in trunk, but you have to call them on
the page object:

Thanks Rick, I will upgrade to the latest code in trunk.

–
Surendra S.
http://ssinghi.kreeti.com, http://www.kreeti.com
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