ruby on rails jquery submit a form as js

Question

I have this code in my view:

<%= form_for :folder_name, :remote => true, :method => \"get\", :url => {:action 
    => \"show_workflow_list\"}          


        

Answer 1

try this

<%= f.select :foldernames, options_for_select(@folders, @folders.first), {}, {:onchange => remote_function(:method => :get, :url => {:action => 'show_workflow_list'}, :with => 'Form.Element.serialize(this)')}%><br /><br />

Answer 2

It is because you are using the jQuery submit call incorrectly

Check this article...it worked for me Rails remote form submit through javascript

Answer 3

On a JS file you should do this :

$('#foldernames').change(function() {
  $('#folder_name').submit()
});

And in your controller you should have this :

def show_workflow_list
  //code here
  render :format => :js
end

When you change the value, it should submit your form so it should send an ajax request to your controller. Your controller should render a js format and execute your show_workflow_list.js.erb. To check it, you can use a javascript console like firebug.