require 'action_view/helpers/tag_helper' module ActionView # = Action View JavaScript Helpers module Helpers # Provides functionality for working with JavaScript in your views. # # == Ajax, controls and visual effects # # * For information on using Ajax, see # ActionView::Helpers::PrototypeHelper. # * For information on using controls and visual effects, see # ActionView::Helpers::ScriptaculousHelper. # # == Including the JavaScript libraries into your pages # # Rails includes the Prototype JavaScript framework and the Scriptaculous # JavaScript controls and visual effects library. If you wish to use # these libraries and their helpers (ActionView::Helpers::PrototypeHelper # and ActionView::Helpers::ScriptaculousHelper), you must do one of the # following: # # * Use <%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %> in the HEAD # section of your page (recommended): This function will return # references to the JavaScript files created by the +rails+ command in # your public/javascripts directory. Using it is recommended as # the browser can then cache the libraries instead of fetching all the # functions anew on every request. # * Use <%= javascript_include_tag 'prototype' %>: As above, but # will only include the Prototype core library, which means you are able # to use all basic AJAX functionality. For the Scriptaculous-based # JavaScript helpers, like visual effects, autocompletion, drag and drop # and so on, you should use the method described above. # # For documentation on +javascript_include_tag+ see # ActionView::Helpers::AssetTagHelper. module JavaScriptHelper include PrototypeHelper JS_ESCAPE_MAP = { '\\' => '\\\\', ' '<\/', "\r\n" => '\n', "\n" => '\n', "\r" => '\n', '"' => '\\"', "'" => "\\'" } # Escape carrier returns and single and double quotes for JavaScript segments. # Also available through the alias j(). This is particularly helpful in JavaScript responses, like: # # $('some_element').replaceWith('<%=j render 'some/element_template' %>'); def escape_javascript(javascript) if javascript javascript.gsub(/(\\|<\/|\r\n|[\n\r"'])/) { JS_ESCAPE_MAP[$1] } else '' end end alias_method :j, :escape_javascript # Returns a JavaScript tag with the +content+ inside. Example: # javascript_tag "alert('All is good')" # # Returns: # # # +html_options+ may be a hash of attributes for the \ # # Instead of passing the content as an argument, you can also use a block # in which case, you pass your +html_options+ as the first parameter. # <%= javascript_tag :defer => 'defer' do -%> # alert('All is good') # <% end -%> def javascript_tag(content_or_options_with_block = nil, html_options = {}, &block) content = if block_given? html_options = content_or_options_with_block if content_or_options_with_block.is_a?(Hash) capture(&block) else content_or_options_with_block end content_tag(:script, javascript_cdata_section(content), html_options.merge(:type => Mime::JS)) end def javascript_cdata_section(content) #:nodoc: "\n//#{cdata_section("\n#{content}\n//")}\n".html_safe end # Returns a button whose +onclick+ handler triggers the passed JavaScript. # # The helper receives a name, JavaScript code, and an optional hash of HTML options. The # name is used as button label and the JavaScript code goes into its +onclick+ attribute. # If +html_options+ has an :onclick, that one is put before +function+. # # button_to_function "Greeting", "alert('Hello world!')", :class => "ok" # # => # def button_to_function(name, function='', html_options={}) onclick = "#{"#{html_options[:onclick]}; " if html_options[:onclick]}#{function};" tag(:input, html_options.merge(:type => 'button', :value => name, :onclick => onclick)) end # Returns a link whose +onclick+ handler triggers the passed JavaScript. # # The helper receives a name, JavaScript code, and an optional hash of HTML options. The # name is used as the link text and the JavaScript code goes into the +onclick+ attribute. # If +html_options+ has an :onclick, that one is put before +function+. Once all # the JavaScript is set, the helper appends "; return false;". # # The +href+ attribute of the tag is set to "#" unles +html_options+ has one. # # link_to_function "Greeting", "alert('Hello world!')", :class => "nav_link" # Produces: # Greeting def link_to_function(name, function, html_options={}) onclick = "#{"#{html_options[:onclick]}; " if html_options[:onclick]}#{function}; return false;" href = html_options[:href] || '#' content_tag(:a, name, html_options.merge(:href => href, :onclick => onclick)) end end end end