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Diffstat (limited to 'actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/java_script_macros_helper.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/java_script_macros_helper.rb | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/java_script_macros_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/java_script_macros_helper.rb index 47ae26e54e..f8b45a9e42 100644 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/java_script_macros_helper.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/java_script_macros_helper.rb @@ -72,8 +72,12 @@ module ActionView # or nothing if no entries should be displayed for autocompletion. # # You'll probably want to turn the browser's built-in autocompletion off, - # su be sure to include a autocomplete="off" attribute with your text + # so be sure to include a autocomplete="off" attribute with your text # input field. + # + # The autocompleter object is assigned to a Javascript variable named <tt>field_id</tt>_auto_completer. + # This object is useful if you for example want to trigger the auto-complete suggestions through + # other means than user input (for that specific case, call the <tt>activate</tt> method on that object). # # Required +options+ are: # <tt>:url</tt>:: URL to call for autocompletion results @@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ module ActionView # insertion should be extracted. If this is not specified, # the entire element is used. def auto_complete_field(field_id, options = {}) - function = "new Ajax.Autocompleter(" + function = "var #{field_id}_auto_completer = new Ajax.Autocompleter(" function << "'#{field_id}', " function << "'" + (options[:update] || "#{field_id}_auto_complete") + "', " function << "'#{url_for(options[:url])}'" |