Table with selectable rows

rubyonrails-talk
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I need a table with selectable rows (there is a check box in every row). All selected rows should be displayed with different style than rows which are not selected. I implemented this behavior by assigning the css-defined class to <tr> tag

<tr id=<%="msgrow_#{m.id}"%> class="unchecked_msg">

and toggling the class whenever checkbox is clicked.

<%= check_box_tag("checked_messages", object.id, false, :class=>"selectable_msg", :align=>"top", :onchange => "$ ('msgrow_#{object.id}').toggleClassName('checked_msg', 'unchecked_msg');") %>

It works fine until user refreshes page. After the refresh checkbox is still checked, but the class of the row is reset to "unchecked_msg". Anyone has an idea how to survive page refresh?

thanks, Adam

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only way: make an ajax call, whenever the checkbox is clicked. in the backend store the new value in the session or database and use this information to rebuild the whole page for a refresh

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Instead of hard-coding the classes write a dom:loaded observer in JavaScript that iterates over the rows and assigns the class as needed.