From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2009-04-09T23:45:05+09:00
Subject: Re: HTML equivalent to my link_to_remote statement

Taneal Bhandari wrote:
> I have the following link_to_remote statement that I need to convert
> into an <a href> tag, but can't figure it out.  I looked at the
> rubyonrails api page and did a google search, but they don't have any
> examples similar to mine where I can figure it out.  Here's my
> statement:
> 
> <%= link_to_remote tag.name,
>         :url => {:action => "tag_selector", :id => @order.id},
>         :html => {:id => tag.id, :class => "tag"},
>         :with => "'tag=" + tag.id.to_s + "'"%>

I need help understanding the question. (But please consider the Ruby-on-Rails 
Talk forum at news://news.gmane.org:119/gmane.comp.lang.ruby.rails in future!)

Link_to_remote translates into an a with an href of # and an onclick of a ton of 
JavaScript. The code you wrote is already converted. Try this:

  <%=
    x = link_to_remote tag.name,
          :url => {:action => "tag_selector", :id => @order.id},
          :html => {:id => tag.id, :class => "tag"},
          :with => "'tag=" + tag.id.to_s + "'"
    puts x
    x
   %>

When your page renders (or when - ahem - your functional tests run), you should 
see your link_to_remote statement converted into an <a href> tag.

What will you do with it now?