Submit form_remote_tag with JavaScript

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I'm trying to submit a form_remote_tag using javascript instead of an input button. However, when I do this the ajax doesn't fire on submit. Is there a way to do this?

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try sth. like this:

<% form_tag :id => "search" do -%>      <%= text_field_tag('search_field', params[:query], :autocomplete => "on" ) %> <% end -%> <%= observe_field 'search_field', :frequency => 1,               :update => "activities",               :url => { :controller => "your_controller",                   :action => "search"                 },               :with => "query" %>

this will send a request to your search-method every time the user typed sth. into the search_field.

hope this helps! smn

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one more thing: in my above example i used :update => "activities"

change "activities" to whatever the id of the element (div, table....) is that you want to update

good luck! smn