I’m working on a Rails app using RJS and Prototype Window Class. I needed to be able to return an anonymous JavaScript function in my RJS template but when passing it in a string to
page.call
it kept getting quoted and didn’t work right (as you would expect).
I solved it by creating a JavaScriptFunction class and helpers so that it’s easily usable in an RJS template. Browse the plugin or install it:
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# With subversion
./script/plugin install -x http://svn.vanderbrew.com/svn/repos/plugins/javascript_function/
# Without subversion
./script/plugin install http://svn.vanderbrew.com/svn/repos/plugins/javascript_function/
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# With subversion
./script/plugin install -x http://svn.vanderbrew.com/svn/repos/plugins/javascript_function/
# Without subversion
./script/plugin install http://svn.vanderbrew.com/svn/repos/plugins/javascript_function/
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To use it, just do:
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page.call 'Dialog.confirm', "New Thing - do you want to add it?",
{ :windowParameters => { :width => 300 },
:sokLabel => 'Yes',
:cancelLabel => 'No',
:buttonClass => 'myButtonClass',
:id => 'myDialogId',
:cancel => anonymous_javascript_function(:parameters => ["win"],
:body => "$('#{@element_id}').innerHTML = '#{escape_javascript @thing.name}'"),
:sok => anonymous_javascript_function(:parameters => ["win"],
:body => "return true;")
}
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page.call 'Dialog.confirm', "New Thing - do you want to add it?",
{ :windowParameters => { :width => 300 },
:sokLabel => 'Yes',
:cancelLabel => 'No',
:buttonClass => 'myButtonClass',
:id => 'myDialogId',
:cancel => anonymous_javascript_function(:parameters => ["win"],
:body => "$('#{@element_id}').innerHTML = '#{escape_javascript @thing.name}'"),
:sok => anonymous_javascript_function(:parameters => ["win"],
:body => "return true;")
}
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It’s my first plugin so I’m open to any feedback you have about it. Please use the Contact form to reach me.
Note – the keys
:sokLabel
and
:sok
shouldn’t have an ‘s’ in the front for real implementation with the JS library – I did that to prevent an emoticon from appearing thanks to WordPress.