I'm developing an application that has several data models that are related as such: (--> denotes "consists of")
Course --> Topics --> Screens
Screens are based on HTML templates called "building blocks". These building blocks are identified by an id number.
So, If I want to create a new screen, I have to select which building block it's based on. So, my new screen view has a button that opens a popup window containing a thumbnail list of the building blocks. I have radio buttons setup to identify in the form post which building block I want.
Once I select the building block, I can make the appropriate new screen view appear with the id in the appropriate field, however I can only get the new screen view to open via a redirect which simply opens the new screen view in the popup window instead of in the main application window where I opened the popup from in the first place.
How do I get the popup to go away and the new screen view to appear in the main app window? I know I can do all this via the DOM using javascript, but I'm trying to utilize/learn the ruby on rails niceties instead.
Thanks in advance.
