1. In my **view/gigs/new.html.erb i use
<%= f.collection_select :category_id, Category.all, :id, :name, {prompt: "Choose a category"} %> <%= f.collection_select :subcategory_id, Subcategory.all, :id, :name, {prompt: "Choose a subcategory"} %>
It creates this
and when clicked the below image:
From the picture above as you see depending on what category i choose,just the subcategories owned by that category are displayed.
2. In my gig controller for this to work,i wrote the below code.
def update_sub_categories @cats = Subcategory.where(category_id: params[:category_id]).all respond_with(@cats) end
3. I had to create a file in the same folder view/gigs/update_sub_categories and put this code
$("#gig_subcategory_id").empty().append("<%= escape_javascript(render(:partial => "subcategory", :collection => @cats, :as => :cat)) %>")
Also the partial in the same folder view/gigs/_subcategory.html.erb
<option value="<%= cat.id %>"><%= cat.name %></option>
4. Add in App/javascript/gigs.js.coffee
$(document).on 'change', '#gig_category_id', (evt) -> $.ajax 'update_sub_categories', type: 'GET' dataType: 'script' data: { category_id: $("#gig_category_id option:selected").val() } error: (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) -> console.log("AJAX Error: #{textStatus}") success: (data, textStatus, jqXHR) -> console.log("Dynamic country select OK!")
5. Finally in routes
get 'gigs/update_sub_categories' => 'gigs#update_sub_categories'
Question: Everything works, i choose the category and the subcategory of the chosen category appear.But it works just in views/gigs/new.html.erb,and doesn't in views/gigs/edit.html.erb, what am I doing wrong?