I am implementing a live search with a drop down containing multiple fields to filter through.It starts with only one search field, a drop down to select what to be searched for and a button to add more filters, when the user click the button, it generate a new field like this:
This image sample was done hard coded with the html inside the JavaScript. The problem is that I will use it in a lot of views so I need it to be dynamic as the code I previously done with Ruby to generate the first search field. I tried doing this way, but no success was achieved.
live_search.js.erb
$(function () {
function search() {
$.get(window.location.href, { object_columns: $("select#object_columns").val(), search: $("#search").val() }, null, "script");
};
$("select#object_columns").change(search);
$("input#search").keyup(search);
$('button').on('click',function(){
column = "<%= j render 'shared/search_engine' %>";
$('#search-form').after(column);
});
});
search_engine.html.erb
<div id="search-form">
<%= form_tag do %>
<% valid_column_names = target.column_names.reject{|r| r == "created_at" || r == "updated_at" || r == "slug"} %>
<%= select_tag :object_columns, options_for_select(valid_column_names) %>
<%= text_field_tag :search, '', autocomplete: :off %>
<% end %>
<%= button_tag "+" %>
</div>
I even tried to call the "search-form" in the JavaScript to replicate the code when the button was clicked but I read that it is not possible.
EDIT
I made some changes as @ppascualv suggested, but I still can't render and add another "search_engine" when I click the button. I am getting an error saying undefined method 'render'.
live_search.js.erb
$(function () {
function search() {
$.get(window.location.href, { object_columns: $("select#object_columns").val(), search: $("#search").val() }, null, "script");
};
$("select#object_columns").change(search);
$("input#search").keyup(search);
$('button').on('click',function(){
$('button').append("<%= escape_javascript(render @search_engine) %>");
});
});
search_engine.html.erb
<div id="search-form">
<%= form_tag({controller: "house_activities", action: "index"}, method: "get", remote: true) do %>
<% valid_column_names = HouseActivity.column_names.reject{|r| r == "created_at" || r == "updated_at" || r == "slug"} %>
<%= select_tag :object_columns, options_for_select(valid_column_names) %>
<%= text_field_tag :search, '', autocomplete: :off %>
<% end %>
<%= button_tag "+" %>
</div>
house_activities_controller.rb
class HouseActivitiesController < ApplicationController
before_action :set_house_activity, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
def index
@house_activities = HouseActivity.page(params[:page]).per(5).search_for(params[:object_columns], params[:search])
respond_to do |format|
format.js
format.html
end
end
end
See Question&Answers more detail:
os