Module: RecordSelectHelper

Defined in:
lib/record_select/helpers/record_select_helper.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

Adds a link on the page that toggles a RecordSelect widget from the given controller.

Options

onselect

JavaScript code to handle selections client-side. This code has access to two variables: id, label. If the code returns false, the dialog will not close automatically.

params

Extra URL parameters. If any parameter is a column name, the parameter will be used as a search term to filter the result set.



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# File 'lib/record_select/helpers/record_select_helper.rb', line 7

def link_to_record_select(name, controller, options = {})
  options[:params] ||= {}
  options[:params].merge!(:controller => controller, :action => :browse)
  options[:onselect] = "function(id, label) {#{options[:onselect]}}" if options[:onselect]
  options[:html] ||= {}
  options[:html][:id] ||= "rs_#{rand(9999)}"

  assert_controller_responds(options[:params][:controller])

  html = link_to(name, '#', options[:html])
  html << javascript_tag("new RecordSelect.Dialog(#{options[:html][:id].to_json}, #{url_for(options[:params]).to_json}, {onselect: #{options[:onselect] || ''}})")

  return html
end

#record_multi_select_field(name, current, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Adds a RecordSelect-based form field for multiple selections. The values submit using a list of hidden inputs.

Arguments

name

the input name that will be used to submit the selected records’ ids. empty brackets will be appended to the name.

current

pass a collection of existing associated records

Options

controller

The controller configured to provide the result set.

params

A hash of extra URL parameters

id

The id to use for the input. Defaults based on the input’s name.



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# File 'lib/record_select/helpers/record_select_helper.rb', line 97

def record_multi_select_field(name, current, options = {})
  options[:controller] ||= current.first.class.to_s.pluralize.underscore
  options[:params] ||= {}
  options[:id] ||= name.gsub(/[\[\]]/, '_')
  options[:class] ||= ''
  options[:class] << ' recordselect'
  options.delete(:name)

  controller = assert_controller_responds(options.delete(:controller))
  params = options.delete(:params)
  record_select_options = {}
  record_select_options[:current] = current.inject([]) { |memo, record| memo.push({:id => record.id, :label => label_for_field(record, controller)}) }

  html = text_field_tag("#{name}[]", nil, options.merge(:autocomplete => 'off', :onfocus => "this.focused=true", :onblur => "this.focused=false"))
  html << hidden_field_tag("#{name}[]", '', :id => nil)
  html << content_tag('ul', '', :class => 'record-select-list');

  url = url_for({:action => :browse, :controller => controller.controller_path}.merge(params))
  html << javascript_tag("new RecordSelect.Multiple(#{options[:id].to_json}, #{url.to_json}, #{record_select_options.to_json});")

  return html
end

#record_select_autocomplete(name, current, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Adds a RecordSelect-based form field. The field is autocompleted.

Arguments

name

the input name that will be used to submit the selected value.

current

the current object. provide a new record if there’re none currently selected and you have not passed the optional :controller argument.

Options

controller

The controller configured to provide the result set. Optional if you have standard resource controllers (e.g. UsersController for the User model), in which case the controller will be inferred from the class of current (the second argument)

params

A hash of extra URL parameters

id

The id to use for the input. Defaults based on the input’s name.



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# File 'lib/record_select/helpers/record_select_helper.rb', line 66

def record_select_autocomplete(name, current, options = {})
  options[:controller] ||= current.class.to_s.pluralize.underscore
  options[:params] ||= {}
  options[:id] ||= name.gsub(/[\[\]]/, '_')
  options[:class] ||= ''
  options[:class] << ' recordselect'

  controller = assert_controller_responds(options.delete(:controller))
  params = options.delete(:params)
  record_select_options = {}
  if current
    record_select_options[:label] = label_for_field(current, controller)
  end

  html = text_field_tag(name, nil, options.merge(:autocomplete => 'off', :onfocus => "this.focused=true", :onblur => "this.focused=false"))
  url = url_for({:action => :browse, :controller => controller.controller_path}.merge(params))
  html << javascript_tag("new RecordSelect.Autocomplete(#{options[:id].to_json}, #{url.to_json}, #{record_select_options.to_json});")

  return html
end

#record_select_config ⇒ Object

Provides view access to the RecordSelect configuration



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# File 'lib/record_select/helpers/record_select_helper.rb', line 128

def record_select_config #:nodoc:
  controller.send :record_select_config
end

#record_select_field(name, current, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Adds a RecordSelect-based form field. The field submits the record’s id using a hidden input.

Arguments

name

the input name that will be used to submit the selected record’s id.

current

the currently selected object. provide a new record if there’re none currently selected and you have not passed the optional :controller argument.

Options

controller

The controller configured to provide the result set. Optional if you have standard resource controllers (e.g. UsersController for the User model), in which case the controller will be inferred from the class of current (the second argument)

params

A hash of extra URL parameters

id

The id to use for the input. Defaults based on the input’s name.

field_name

The name to use for the text input. Defaults to ”, so field is not submitted.



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# File 'lib/record_select/helpers/record_select_helper.rb', line 33

def record_select_field(name, current, options = {})
  options[:controller] ||= current.class.to_s.pluralize.underscore
  options[:params] ||= {}
  options[:id] ||= name.gsub(/[\[\]]/, '_')
  options[:class] ||= ''
  options[:class] << ' recordselect'

  controller = assert_controller_responds(options.delete(:controller))
  params = options.delete(:params)
  record_select_options = {}
  record_select_options[:field_name] = options.delete(:field_name) if options[:field_name]
  if current and not current.new_record?
    record_select_options[:id] = current.id
    record_select_options[:label] = label_for_field(current, controller)
  end

  html = text_field_tag(name, nil, options.merge(:autocomplete => 'off', :onfocus => "this.focused=true", :onblur => "this.focused=false"))
  url = url_for({:action => :browse, :controller => controller.controller_path}.merge(params))
  html << javascript_tag("new RecordSelect.Single(#{options[:id].to_json}, #{url.to_json}, #{record_select_options.to_json});")

  return html
end

#record_select_id(controller = nil) ⇒ Object

The id of the RecordSelect widget for the given controller.



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# File 'lib/record_select/helpers/record_select_helper.rb', line 133

def record_select_id(controller = nil) #:nodoc:
  controller ||= params[:controller]
  "record-select-#{controller.gsub('/', '_')}"
end

#record_select_search_id(controller = nil) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/record_select/helpers/record_select_helper.rb', line 138

def record_select_search_id(controller = nil) #:nodoc:
  "#{record_select_id(controller)}-search"
end

#render_record_select(options = {}) ⇒ Object

A helper to render RecordSelect partials



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# File 'lib/record_select/helpers/record_select_helper.rb', line 121

def render_record_select(options = {}) #:nodoc:
  controller.send(:render_record_select, options) do |options|
    render options
  end
end