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diff --git a/railties/doc/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.txt b/railties/doc/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.txt index 0c8ed43e26..4211f9a0b5 100644 --- a/railties/doc/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.txt +++ b/railties/doc/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.txt @@ -166,6 +166,17 @@ render :xml => @product TIP: You don't need to call +to_xml+ on the object that you want to render. If you use the +:xml+ option, +render+ will automatically call +to_xml+ for you. +==== Rendering Vanilla JavaScript + +Rails can render vanilla JavaScript (as an alternative to using +update+ with n +.rjs+ file): + +[source, ruby] +------------------------------------------------------- +render :js => "alert('Hello Rails');" +------------------------------------------------------- + +This will send the supplied string to the browser with a MIME type of +text/javascript+. + ==== Options for +render+ Calls to the +render+ method generally accept four options: @@ -885,6 +896,7 @@ In this case, Rails will use the customer or employee partials as appropriate fo http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/16213-rails-guides/tickets/15[Lighthouse ticket] +* November 1, 2008: Added +:js+ option for +render+ by link:../authors.html#mgunderloy[Mike Gunderloy] * October 16, 2008: Ready for publication by link:../authors.html#mgunderloy[Mike Gunderloy] * October 4, 2008: Additional info on partials (+:object+, +:as+, and +:spacer_template+) by link:../authors.html#mgunderloy[Mike Gunderloy] (not yet approved for publication) * September 28, 2008: First draft by link:../authors.html#mgunderloy[Mike Gunderloy] (not yet approved for publication) |