Updating a rails partial with Javascript

Question

I currently have two divs, one that contains a search bar and one that contains a partial, as such:

<div class="search_div">
    <%= form_tag(barpage_outings_path, :method => :get, :id => 'bars_search_form', :remote => true ) do %>
        <div id="user_search" class="in-field">
            <%= text_field_tag('search', '', :id => 'search_field') %>
            <%= label_tag 'search_field', 'Search For Locations' %>
            <%= submit_tag "", :id => "search_button" %> 
        </div>
    <% end %>
</div>

<div id="bar_partial">
    <%= render(:partial => "bar_results") %>
</div>

It renders a partial just fine upon page load, but I'd like it to refresh the partials contents after each search submission.

I have the form bound to an AJAX call, like such:

$('#bars_search_form').bind('ajax:success', function(){

   $('#bar_partial').html("<%= escape_javascript(render(:partial => 'bar_results')).html_safe %>");

});

The problem is, instead of refreshing the partial, it just outputs my escape javascript command as plain text. Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong (or even if I'm going about this in the completely wrong way?)

squiter · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-11 17:43:52Z

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What about to make a new action that render your results? I think this is a better solution to your problem.

answered Jul 11, 2012 at 17:43

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2 Comments

Adam Templeton Over a year ago

I thought about that, too, but I wasn't sure how to get a new action to fire upon submitting search results without binding it to an AJAX call, and -- as you can see -- my JS solution isn't working too great.

squiter Over a year ago

You can call a javascript function that execute to ajax request with onSubmit in your form or bind it in your submit button.

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