Sounds like the Ajax.Updater should be your first port of call, then. http://www.prototypejs.org/api/ajax/updater
You don't even need a 'select' button, you can set mouse click events on any DOM element, e.g. the table row, or the first cell, or whatever http://www.prototypejs.org/api/event/observe Have fun! Dave On Friday 30 March 2007 15:32, EWonka wrote: > Thanks Ryan, > > It's a fairly simple requirement actually, an ajax request will be > sent to the application server and it will return data. The data will > be comprised of a job description and id. I would like to take the > data and form a display that for each row will contain a 'select > button', description, id. > > The user will simply press the button (labeled "Select") for the > specific row and the job description will be populated on the orginal > form in a textbox. I am trying to avoid the classic drop down and go > with "something" similar to a table type display. Your patience is > appreciated. thank you. > > On Mar 30, 10:16 am, "Ryan Gahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > While your requirements at this point are pretty vague... I'll just say > > yes, and that you should look, possibly, at scriptaculous's AutoCompleter > > control. > > > > On 3/30/07, EWonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > > > Been out of web development for a while; however I have a question > > > with regard to Ajax and Javascripts. A requirement exists to perform a > > > query from the browser using Ajax request and response objects. Once > > > the data is returned, I need to display the query results. Rather than > > > just creating a popup to display a selectable list, are there any > > > other techniques, perhaps using scriptaculous or prototype scripts as > > > an alternative? Say modifying the DOM elements. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > -- > > Ryan Gahl > > Application Development Consultant > > Athena Group, Inc. > > Inquire: 1-920-955-1457 > > Blog:http://www.someElement.com- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free > Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net -- ---------------------- Author Ajax in Action http://manning.com/crane Ajax in Practice http://manning.com/crane2 Prototype & Scriptaculous in Action http://manning.com/crane3 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
