In-place editing of attributes via an “index” page...?

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Hi All,

I'm looking to use "in_place_editor_field" on an "Index" page of items. Basically I want to mimic spreadsheet functionality for pre- existing line items in order to edit their attributes. However, none of the "in_place_editor" examples I've seen provide any useful real- world application of this nature.

Also, a lot of the existing code examples don't work. I'm aware that the code was removed from Core, but even after installing it as a plugin, it doesn't seem to do anything.

Any ideas?

Best

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Michael Williams wrote:

Hi All,

I'm looking to use "in_place_editor_field" on an "Index" page of items. Basically I want to mimic spreadsheet functionality for pre- existing line items in order to edit their attributes.

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I believe ActiveScaffold will do this. It may work for you out of the box; if not, you can look at the code and get some ideas!

Best,

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Hrm, it would appear that many of the links on the ActiveScaffold page are broken our outdated. That kinda scares me. Still I'll check it out. I may end up just creating my own helpers in order to do in place editing. Although that means dusting off my AJAX knowledge and a few older books. :wink:

Thanks for the post.

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Michael Williams wrote:

Hrm, it would appear that many of the links on the ActiveScaffold page are broken our outdated. That kinda scares me.

That's either new or a temporary problem. The plugin itself works pretty well.

Best,