editable drop-down list

[anya]

Hi,

I would like to have an editable DropDownList in my ruby on rails application. The user should be able to select a value from the list of choices, or type in a new value (in one of the empty options in the list of choices) if no predefined choice is applicable.

I tried the { :include_blank => 'True'} option but it just provides a blank option included with a set of options for the drop-down list. Here is my code:

<%= collection_select(:snapshot_view, :id, SnapshotView.find(:all, :select => 'DISTINCT your_machine_name '),
:your_machine_name , :your_machine_name,{ :include_blank => 'True'}) %>

I tried to find ways to make blank option editable, but may be i am going in the wrong direction.

Any help regarding this topic is greatly appreciated.

[scsc]

Maybe you can try the code for COMBOBOX in HTML. It is an Editable DropDown Listbox with any one select option as Editable (like a textbox ) and the rest as readonly. You can find it here: chakrabarty.com/combobox.html

[acoder]

Welcome to Bytes and thanks for posting.

I've removed the links to your site. Posting multiple links in that manner is not advisable. Please read the posting guidelines.

Your solution is JavaScript based and doesn't really bring Ruby/Rails into the picture, though it is of course solved with JavaScript alone.

[improvcornartist]

As far as I know, Rails doesn't have a combo box. So you might have to use a JavaScript solution.