auto_complete never completes, does nothing.

rubyonrails-talk
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My setup = Rails 2.0, Prototype '1.6.0.2'.

I have a simple implementation of auto_complete that for whatever reason never fires off an ajax request. I found this in the 'controls.js':

this.element.setAttribute('autocomplete','off');

I commented this out, still nothing.

Here's my code:

View: <%= text_field_with_auto_complete :player, :name_last, { :min_chars => 1 } %>

Controller: auto_complete_for :player, :name_last

Is there something I'm missing here? I had a colleague look into this (veteran rails developer) and he was bewildered.

I've also tried using different objects and fields with the same result.

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Do you load the JavaScript libraries?

-- fxn

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Xavier Noria wrote:

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Everything looks fine.

The HTML autocomplete attribute is turned off to avoid triggering browser builtin autocompletion. Leave that off.

The option :min_chars goes in the wrong hash:

    text_field_with_auto_complete(       object,       method,       tag_options = {},       completion_options = {}     )

but that should fire the call anyway. You end up with and HTML min_chars attribute, but that does not prevent the Ajax request from being issued.

How did you check no Ajax request is sent?

-- fxn

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Xavier Noria wrote:

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Have you moved forward?

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check out your application.rb file and if there is protect_from_forgery then just comment it.

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In that case the request would fail, but it would be a request in firebug.

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Download the latest from scriptaculous and unizip it and put it in your public/javascript folder and overwrite the file that exist there already. And in your view file make sure to include <%=javascript_include_tag 'default' %> <%=javascript_include_tag 'prototype' %>

It works for me. Hopefully, it works for you as well.

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I have the same problem as Matt, am running Rails2 via Aptana RadRails, and have tried the various suggestions to no avail. Has anyone successfully set this up on Rails 2?

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Sure.

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Success! I had ignored this suggestion from Mr. Bless because I had just installed it on the console via "script/plugin install auto_complete". What I failed to realize is that for whatever reason, this does not install the latest version. When I downloaded the archive from scriptalicious, everything worked as expected!

Thanks Mr. Bless.

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Great, I just now found time to revisit this thread i started. I temporarily abandoned the app I was developing on when I had this problem but will check it out asap. Thanks guys.

matt

glenviewjeff wrote:

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Excuse my ignorance but where can I grab the latest version of auto_complete? I poked around the Scriptaculious site with no luck.. pages weren't loading or erroring.. thanks in advance.

Matt Sales wrote:

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Matt:

Go to http://script.aculo.us, then click on "downloads page," in the "Get it Already" bubble. Then click on your favorite archive format (zip/gz/etc.) in the middle bubble labeled "current version."

Jeff