Using AutoComplete with ActiveScaffold

[CyberFerret]

Hi all,

I want to incorporate an autocompleter field in the create and update
screens of my ActiveScaffold routine. What is the best way of
accomplishing this? Do we need to define a partial field override?

Thanks

[Lance Ivy]

Yep, I think you want a form override. You might find some tips by searching this Google Group for "autocomplete" ... I've seen some other posts on the topic.

[CyberFerret]

Searching for 'autocomplete' on this forum doesnt really come up with
much information - there are a couple of feature requests for this,
but no one actually has come up with a solution. I have tried a
partial form override, but now the ActiveScaffold refuses to open up
the 'Create' div.

To summarise, I have an ActiveScaffold component called Worksheets
(worksheets_controller). The field that I want the autocomplete to be
called on is called product_description, so I created a partial
called: /app/view/worksheets/_product_description_form_column.rhtml
within this file, I have:-

<% text_field_with_auto_complete, :product, :description -%>

Also, within the controller, I have:

auto_complete_for :product, :description

Every time I hit the 'Create' button, nothing happens. Where am I
going wrong?

On Apr 17, 3:31 am, "Lance Ivy" <l...@cainlevy.net> wrote:
> Yep, I think you want a form override. You might find some tips by searching
> this Google Group for "autocomplete" ... I've seen some other posts on the
> topic.
>

[Michael Latta]

I went the route of using a field level partial override with the
following:

<div style="{height: 100px;}">
<label for="@record[:identity_type]">Identity Type</label>
<%= text_field_tag 'record[identity_type]', @record[:identity_type]%>
<div class="auto_complete" id="identity_type_autocomplete_<%=@record
[:id]%>" style="{height: 80px;}"></div>
<%= javascript_tag("new Autocompleter.Local('record[identity_type]',
'identity_type_autocomplete_#{@record[:id]}', ['User', 'Group',
'AdminUser'], {fullSearch: true, frequency: 0, minChars: 1});") -%>
</div>

In this case the set of options was small and so I used the
javascript version of autocomplete rather than the server based one.

Michael

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