On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Alpha Blue <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > There are a few ways to do this. If you are looking for an ajax > response you can do the following: > > (this is an example with a new action) > > <%= form_for Model.new, :remote => true do |f| %> > > <div>Your Label</div> > <div> > <%= f.collection_select(:some_id, Model.all, :id, :name, :class => > 'yourclass' %> > </div> > > <% end %> > > Then in your javascript do something similar to: > > $('select#model_some_id').bind({ > click:function () { > // do something when it's clicked > }, > keydown:function () { > // do something when a key is pressed down in the select > }, > keyup:function () { > // do something when a key is pressed up in the select > } > }); > > This handles most of the browser events you'll find in Mozilla, IE, > Safari, etc. as far as handling events. Some change events are not > noticed by Mozilla (for instance if someone is using drop down arrows > while in a select field). > > There are quite a few ajax tutorials out there. > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >
Hi thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for, a solution using jQuery to bind a function. Still green on ajax, so your example was very useful and also the link provided above for a javescript refresher on events. -- Kind Regards, Rajinder Yadav SafetyNet Test Driven Development http://safetynet.devmentor.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.