Using search_field as select

[Alexandre Balon-Perin]

Hi,

I am trying to make the search_field look into a table of my database
which is different from the form's object's table.
Basically, I want to do this:

<td><%= f.search_field(:sport, Sport.all.collect {|s|[s.sport_name]})
%></td>

But it does not work obviously.

Sorry if this issue has already been raised but I did not find any
solution after searching on google and in this group posts.

Thank you in advance for your help,
Alex

[Tim Shaffer]

What exactly are you trying to do? All that search_field does is create a HTML input with type="search"

If you want a dropdown you should use collection_select or something similar

[Alexandre Balon-Perin]

Hi,

Thank you for your reply.
I solved my problem using Custom Form Builder. I created a custom form field for the new HTML5 datalist. If anyone is interested, I can post my solution which is definitely not optimal since I am new to rails.

regards,
Alexandre

On 30 January 2012 17:30, Tim Shaffer <timsh...@me.com> wrote:

What exactly are you trying to do? All that search_field does is create a HTML input with type="search"

If you want a dropdown you should use collection_select or something similar

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[Javier Quarite]

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Alexandre Balon-Perin <abal...@ulb.ac.be> wrote:

Hi,

Thank you for your reply.
I solved my problem using Custom Form Builder. I created a custom form field for the new HTML5 datalist. If anyone is interested, I can post my solution which is definitely not optimal since I am new to rails.

regards,
Alexandre

I'm also doing some searchs using fields, I used the autocomplete method of jquery (I saw that in a railscast) 

[Alexandre Balon-Perin]

@Javier:
I also watched the railscast but I prefer a "Ruby solution".
The custom form builder is simple and very readable so I am gonna stick with it. :)

Anyway thank you for your reply, I appreciate it.
Alex

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