Unable to make observe_field work

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1

I can't make it work.

<%= text_field_tag :friend %>

<%= observe_field :friend, :url => friendships_url, :on => :click %>

<%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %>

Raises the error:Can't find variable Form.

The generated html is:

<input id="friend" name="friend" type="text" />

<script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ new Form.Element.EventObserver('friend', function(element, value) {new Ajax.Request('http://mysite.com/friendships’, {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, parameters:value + '&authenticity_token=' + encodeURIComponent('...edited...')})}) //]]> </script>

2

The:

<%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %>

Should appear BEFORE the:

<%= observe_field :friend, :url => friendships_url, :on => :click %>

It's usually placed at your page's <header> section.

3

Just to save people 1hr of head banging:

This DOES NOT WORK: (data is submitted to ApplicationController/index!!! <%= observe_field :friendship_accessibility, :url => friendship_url(friendship), :on => :click, :with => :accessibility %>

This works: (all options are compulsory) <%= observe_field :friendship_accessibility, :url => {:controller => 'friendships', :action => 'update', :id => friendship}, :on => :click, :with => :accessibility, :method => :update %>

Is that a bug? Why can't the observe_field and Rails routing mechanism recognize the restful route?

4

You don't have an :update specified on the parameters for observe_field. Assuming you don't want to render anything, do a render :nothing=>true in the controller.