RJS in action vs .js file (page object)

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Hi,

Would anyone be able to suggest why the following works in the action but not when placed in a .js file, called by the action?

It's the page << "$('basket_popup').popup.show();" line I'm interested in.

def show

    respond_to do |format|       format.js do         render :showbasket do |page|           page << "$('basket_popup').popup.show();"         end       end     end

end

However when I have show.js and remove the block from format.js it fails. I get a javascript error on the page along the lines of popup has no properties/attributes?

-show.js-

page << "$('basket_popup').popup.show();"

I'm sure it's a simple one but I can't see it??

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Name your file show.js.rjs so Rails knows to use the RJS renderer to render it into the page. Might be as simple as that.

Best regards

Peter De Berdt