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rails3-jquery-autocomplete

An easy way to use jQuery's autocomplete with Rails 3. You can find a detailed example on how to use this gem here.

Before you start

Make sure your project is using jQuery-ui with the autocomplete widget before you continue.

You can find more info about that here:

I'd encourage you to understand how to use those 3 amazing tools before attempting to use this gem.

Installing

Include the gem on your Gemfile

gem 'rails3-jquery-autocomplete', '>= 0.2.0'

Install it

bundle install

Run the generator

rails generate autocomplete

And include autocomplete-rails.js on your layouts

javascript_include_tag "autocomplete-rails.js"

Usage

Model Example

Assuming you have a Brand model:

class Brand < ActiveRecord::Base
end

create_table :brand do |t|
  t.column :name, :string
end

Controller

To set up the required action on your controller, all you have to do is call it with the class name and the method as in the following example:

class ProductsController < Admin::BaseController
  autocomplete :brand, :name
end

This will create an action autocomplete_brand_name on your controller, don't forget to add it on your routes file

resources :products do
  get :autocomplete_brand_name, :on => :collection
end

By default, the search starts from the beginning of the string you're searching for. If you want to do a full search, set the full parameter to true.

class ProductsController < Admin::BaseController
  autocomplete :brand, :name, :full => true
end

:full => true

The following terms would match the query 'un':

  • Luna
  • Unacceptable
  • Rerun

:full => false (default behavior)

Only the following terms mould match the query 'un':

  • Unacceptable

View

On your view, all you have to do is include the attribute autocomplete on the text field using the url to the autocomplete action as the value. form_for @product do |f| f.text_field :brand_name, :autocomplete => autocomplete_brand_name_products_path end

This will generate an HTML tag that looks like:

<input type="text" autocomplete="products/autocomplete_brand_name">

Now your autocomplete JS code is unobtrusive, Rails 3 style.

About the Author

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