@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ *Edge* +* Added button_to_remote helper. #3641 [Donald Piret, Tarmo Tänav] + * Deprecate render_component. Please use render_component plugin from http://github.com/rails/render_component/tree/master [Pratik] * Routes may be restricted to lists of HTTP methods instead of a single method or :any. #407 [Brennan Dunn, Gaius Centus Novus] actionpack/CHANGELOG @@ -255,6 +255,14 @@ module ActionView link_to_function(name, remote_function(options), html_options || options.delete(:html)) end + # Creates a button with an onclick event which calls a remote action + # via XMLHttpRequest + # The options for specifying the target with :url + # and defining callbacks is the same as link_to_remote. + def button_to_remote(name, options = {}, html_options = {}) + button_to_function(name, remote_function(options), html_options) + end + # Periodically calls the specified url (<tt>options[:url]</tt>) every # <tt>options[:frequency]</tt> seconds (default is 10). Usually used to # update a specified div (<tt>options[:update]</tt>) with the results actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/prototype_helper.rb @@ -91,6 +91,19 @@ class PrototypeHelperTest < PrototypeHelperBaseTest link_to_remote("Remote", { :url => { :action => "whatnot's" } }) end + def test_button_to_remote + assert_dom_equal %(<input class=\"fine\" type=\"button\" value=\"Remote outpost\" onclick=\"new Ajax.Request('http://www.example.com/whatnot', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true});\" />), + button_to_remote("Remote outpost", { :url => { :action => "whatnot" }}, { :class => "fine" }) + assert_dom_equal %(<input type=\"button\" value=\"Remote outpost\" onclick=\"new Ajax.Request('http://www.example.com/whatnot', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, onComplete:function(request){alert(request.reponseText)}});\" />), + button_to_remote("Remote outpost", :complete => "alert(request.reponseText)", :url => { :action => "whatnot" }) + assert_dom_equal %(<input type=\"button\" value=\"Remote outpost\" onclick=\"new Ajax.Request('http://www.example.com/whatnot', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, onSuccess:function(request){alert(request.reponseText)}});\" />), + button_to_remote("Remote outpost", :success => "alert(request.reponseText)", :url => { :action => "whatnot" }) + assert_dom_equal %(<input type=\"button\" value=\"Remote outpost\" onclick=\"new Ajax.Request('http://www.example.com/whatnot', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, onFailure:function(request){alert(request.reponseText)}});\" />), + button_to_remote("Remote outpost", :failure => "alert(request.reponseText)", :url => { :action => "whatnot" }) + assert_dom_equal %(<input type=\"button\" value=\"Remote outpost\" onclick=\"new Ajax.Request('http://www.example.com/whatnot?a=10&amp;b=20', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, onFailure:function(request){alert(request.reponseText)}});\" />), + button_to_remote("Remote outpost", :failure => "alert(request.reponseText)", :url => { :action => "whatnot", :a => '10', :b => '20' }) + end + def test_periodically_call_remote assert_dom_equal %(<script type="text/javascript">\n//<![CDATA[\nnew PeriodicalExecuter(function() {new Ajax.Updater('schremser_bier', 'http://www.example.com/mehr_bier', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true})}, 10)\n//]]>\n</script>), periodically_call_remote(:update => "schremser_bier", :url => { :action => "mehr_bier" }) actionpack/test/template/prototype_helper_test.rb 5a6e20b60702fbe86fa84c1b7b5a25f33cec5945 Tarmo Tänav tarmo@itech.ee http://github.com/rails/rails/commit/6450d6ca76603bc5d1b1a6cdcb77e33e35f53d83 6450d6ca76603bc5d1b1a6cdcb77e33e35f53d83 2008-08-29T16:22:01-07:00 2008-08-29T16:08:16-07:00 Added button_to_remote helper Ticket originally from http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/3641 Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kemper <jeremy@bitsweat.net> cfe8467e3a16c5a90a4e6aa09a2e99319966bcff Jeremy Kemper jeremy@bitsweat.net