Thanks Volker,
This worked well, I used it alongside
config.update.refresh_list = true
and it creates a nice user experience for one-click updating of
boolean fields in the record.
Jonathan
On May 5, 5:44 am, vhochstein <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Unfortunetly, I ve got no experiences with cancan bridge, but I would
> say that you are not facing an authorization issue...
> You would like to show/hide an action link depending on the value of a
> model attribute.
> I would say that s not an authorization question.
>
> Maybe you can take a look
> athttp://vhochstein.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/actionlink-response-and-ig...
>
> Please check the ignore action_link option, which might be a more
> appropriate solution for your issue.
>
> --
> Volker
>
> On May 4, 8:13 pm, "[email protected]"
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I am trying to use the security feature on my Users activescaffold. I
> > want to display an action link, 'activate_by_id', when a user's record
> > has a nil value on the field activated_at.
>
> > I followed the directions 'To enable or disable action links on a per
> > record basis'
> > -https://github.com/activescaffold/active_scaffold/wiki/API:-Action-Link
> > as well as reading several comments in he discussion group. I'm not
> > sure what is wrong, but AS does not seem to recognize or obey the
> > 'authorized_for_activate_by_id?' method in my User model. I have also
> > tried with 'authorized_for_delete?'.
>
> > I am using rails 3.0.3 and latest version of AS branch. I am also
> > using the CanCan bridge (could this conflict?).
>
> > Below are my models and controllers for this active scaffold. Any
> > suggestions on getting my action_link to obey the authorized_for
> > definition? Currently no authorized_for function in the model seems
> > to have an affect on the display of the action links at all.
>
> > Controller:
>
> > class UsersController < ApplicationController
> > # Be sure to include AuthenticationSystem in Application Controller
> > instead
> > include AuthenticatedSystem
>
> > layout "activescaffold"
> > active_scaffold :users do |config|
> > config.action_links.add 'activate_by_id',
> > :action=>"activate_by_id",
> > :type=>:member,
> > :inline =>true,
> > :crud_type=>:update
> > end
>
> > def activate_by_id
> > #logout_keeping_session!
> > debugger
> > user = User.find_by_id(params[:id]) unless params[:id].blank?
> > user.activate!
> > end
> > end
>
> > Model:
>
> > def authorized_for_activate_by_id?
> > false
> > end
>
> > def authorized_for_delete?
> > false
> > end
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