just in case someone else wants it, I changed the event:'click',onblur:'cancel' to event:'click',onblur:'submit'
so when you live the text input it submits. If empty, it will replace with "click to submit" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lionel Martelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <jquery-en@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:54 AM Subject: [jQuery] Re: instant edit > > I just spent a tremendous amount of time trying to figure out what's > wrong. > I was supposed to hit "enter" instead of living the field. > Is there a way to keep the value without having to do "enter"? e.g. by > clicking outside of textbox? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lionel Martelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <jquery-en@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 8:32 PM > Subject: [jQuery] instant edit > > >> >> hi, >> >> Why is the instant edit not editing please? When I click on it it allows >> me >> to edit but the text does not update at all. >> Thanks >> ---------------------------------------------------$(function() { >> $(".click").editable("save.php?do=instant", { >> id: "head_420", >> indicator : "<img src=images/spinner.gif'>", >> tooltip : "click to edit", >> style : "inherit" >> }); });-------------------------------------------------<b class="click" >> id="head_420" style="display: inline">click to >> edit</b>----------------------------------------------------if >> ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'instant') { $myvalue = $_REQUEST['value']; $head = >> $_REQUEST['head']; $arts = explode("_",$head); $artid = $articles[1];do >> db >> update here echo $myvalue; exit; >> >> >> > > >