text_field_with_auto_complete inside form_for

Question

Simple question really - how do I use text_field_with_auto_complete inside a form_for block?

I\'ve tried doing f.text_field_with_auto_com

Answer 1

If your intent is to set a id field, you must:

1. render the results in LI items, each li having it DOM id set up to the id of the returned record, like this:

   
          
   Item 1
          < LI ID="2">Item 2< /LI>
   
   

2. Your text field would be something like:

   <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :model, :method, {}, :after_update_element => ‘getSelectionId’ % >
   

3. and a javascript method called getSelectionId like this

   function getSelectionId(text, li) {
   
   alert (li.id);
   
   }
   

note that you can do anything via javascript since you have the text and the li element available.

Another option is this plugin