Odd replace_html outcome

rubyonrails-talk
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In my controller I have a simple "create" method and in the output section, I have:

      format.js do         @traces = Trace.getLatest         render :update do |page|           page.visual_effect :highlight, :homeContentPanel           page.replace_html :homeContentPanel, :partial => "home/ traceList", :locals => { :traces => @traces}, :layout => false         end       end

The intent is to, of course, simply updated a div "homeContentPanel" with the results of a partial. The partial that is _normally_ a part of the div anyway.

What I get is a completely odd formatted output. A sample is below.

Try { new Effect.Highlight("homeContentPanel",{}); Element.update("homeContentPanel", " \n \n Time\n Description\n Date Entered

It's as if it's in debug mode.

Thoughts?

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Your link_to_remote, form_remote_tag etc... is using an :update option which means "stick the response from the server in this element" but you're using a render :update block which means "generate some javascript to perform some changes"

Do one or the other, but not both.

Fred

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...oh.... oh... right. I knew that. You passed.

Thanks a billion. :slight_smile: