method

drop_receiving_element

rails latest stable - Class: ActionView::Helpers::JavaScriptHelper

drop_receiving_element(element_id, options = {})

public

Makes the element with the DOM ID specified by element_id receive dropped draggable elements (created by draggable_element). and make an AJAX call By default, the action called gets the DOM ID of the element as parameter.

This method requires the inclusion of the script.aculo.us JavaScript library.

Example:

  <%= drop_receiving_element("my_cart", :url => { :controller => "cart", :action => "add" }) %>

You can change the behaviour with various options, see http://script.aculo.us for more documentation.

# File actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb, line 440
      def drop_receiving_element(element_id, options = {})
        options[:with]     ||= "'id=' + encodeURIComponent(element.id)"
        options[:onDrop]   ||= "function(element){" + remote_function(options) + "}"
        options.delete_if { |key, value| AJAX_OPTIONS.include?(key) }
        
        options[:accept] = array_or_string_for_javascript(options[:accept]) if options[:accept]    
        options[:hoverclass] = "'#{options[:hoverclass]}'" if options[:hoverclass]
        
        javascript_tag("Droppables.add('#{element_id}', #{options_for_javascript(options)})")
      end

drop_receiving_element

Method deprecated or moved

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