Problem with in_place_editor_field

rubyonrails-talk
1

ok, I am really pulling my hair out here over something that should be simple.

(Rails2, In_place_editor plugin)

In my index.html.erb, I have: <ul>   <% @tasks.each do |root| %>      <li><%= render(:partial => "task_node", :object => root) %></li>   <% end %> </ul>

In my _task_node.html.erb, I have: <%= in_place_editor_field task_node, 'description' %> <ul><% task_node.children.each do |child| %>     <li><%= render(:partial => "task_node", :object => root) %></li> <% end %></ul>

I get an error which is "Called id for nil, which would mistakenly be 4........"

(error comes from line 73 of in_place_macros_helper)

I am using this in the "normal" way successfully elsewhere in my project.

Thanks in advance before I go bald,

Alan

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I get an error which is "Called id for nil, which would mistakenly be 4........"

<ul><% task_node.children.each do |child| %>

    <li><%= render(:partial => "task_node", :object => root) %></li> <% end %></ul>

Shouldn't that be :object => child ?

Mikel

3

Mikel,   It is in the code. I got lazy with cut and paste trying to give a simpler example. Good catch, though!

--Alan

4

in_place_editor_field is one of the old school helper so it's expecting the first parameter to be the name of an instance variable. A quick and dirty fix would be to put <% @task_node = task_node %> on the line above and change it to <%= in_place_editor_field 'task_node', 'description' %>

Fred

5

Well, this gets me part of the way there. (although I have to admit, I don't understand why.)

However, the HTML generated is: <span class="in_place_editor_field" id="#&lt;Task:0x2b2d504701f0&gt;_description_4_in_place_editor"></span><script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ new Ajax.InPlaceEditor('#<Task:0x2b2d504701f0>_description_4_in_place_editor', '/tasks/set_%23%3CTask:0x2b2d504701f0%3E_description/4', {callback:function(form) { return Form.serialize(form) + '&authenticity_token=' + encodeURIComponent('de08c07c32d0105cd81841fc23d2b1ef4d4ea89f') }}) //]]> </script>

Why doesn't it put the current value of the description in between the span tags? (since there is no place to click, it isn't very helpful....)

Thanks in advance,

Alan

6

Well, this gets me part of the way there. (although I have to admit, I don't understand why.)

it looks like you;ve still got <%= in_place_editor_field task_node,
'description' %> in your form instead of <%= in_place_editor_field
'task_node', 'description' %>

7

Thanks, that did it!

--Alan