Why hit the server again rather than have the initial response have the css class for the returned image you want to toggle set to display: none and modify the ui control to toggle the css class?
On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Angel Robert Marquez < [email protected]> wrote: > Do you want me to do all the research first and have the answers or do it > out loud like we did last time? > > I think the question might be better suited for the plugin developers. > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Trish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Okay, so I am very new to this jQuery stuff, and it seems like I'm >> just going round and round on this... so I'm hoping someone can help. >> >> I have a table that will have a image on each row that when click, it >> adds a row with more details below the current row. The details will >> all be pulled from rails. >> >> I am using the DataTables plugin for jQuery for my table and am basing >> my code off of this example: >> >> http://datatables.net/examples/api/row_details.html >> >> The example adds the row without going to the server, so I have >> modified fnFormatDetails to hit the server. >> >> my modified code is this: >> >> function fnFormatDetails ( oTable, nTr ) >> { >> return jQuery.post('<%= url_for :action=>"field_details" %>', {}, >> null, 'html'); >> } >> >> I have also tried multiple variations of this, and can't get anything >> to work. >> >> I am hitting my action just fine, and it is parsing the view (as seen >> with log statements), but when the row displays on the screen, I see: >> >> [object XMLHttpRequest] >> >> instead of the text. I have also tried just a plain >> render(:text=>"some text", :layout=>"false") in my action, and have >> the same results. >> >> All the documentation I see makes me believe that the $.post method >> should be returning html. >> >> I have viewed this with FireBug, and it sees the response as the text >> I gave. >> >> As a side note, I chose to use the $.post method instead of the $.get >> method because $.get was returning a 304 error. I get the 200 code >> for $.post. >> >> Also, I have tried this with both jQuery 1.4 and the jQuery instance >> provided with the plugin. >> >> Thanks in advance! >> Trish >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >> >> > -- 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 [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-talk?hl=en.
