In my view I have this test...
<%= link_to_remote('AJAX Alert', :url => '/sandbox/submit', :success => 'alert(request.responseText)') %>
In my controller, this works and alerts "AJAX Response"...
def submit render :layout => false end
But if I add the respond_to block, the format.js never gets recognized...
def submit respond_to do |format| format.js { render :layout => false } format.html { # render normal layout } end end