form_ui = :select

On Miércoles, 7 de noviembre de 2012 21:26:46 ownedthx escribió:
> I want to provide the user with a dropdown for a *belongs_to *field, and
> have the user's action of just changing the selected value in the dropdown
> to change the value of the field; I don't want them to have to pick a
> dropdown value, then click Add Existing.    In fact I just want the
> dropdown to *be* the field; but today, in a *belongs_to* situation, you
> have a field with text, and a dropdown below it and the Add Existing
> link--and clicknig Add Existing puts the value of the dropdown into the
> text field.  It feels way too indirect.
> 
> Is there a way to merge those three ideas into one field--a single
> dropdown? The dropdown then shows the value and also allows you to change
> it; and if you change it, then you changed the value (provided you click
> 'Update' at the bottom, of course)
> 
> 
> I'm aware of column_show_add_existing -- that's not what I'm looking for.
> If you set that to false, then the dropdown next to 'Add Existing' is
> removed altogether, and the user is just left with a free-formed text field.
> 
> There is still the challenge of adding new values to that dropdown... but
> let me wave that away for a second... is what I'm asking clear?
> 
> Thanks for any help!

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