Rails: Rendered JS file doesn't execute using UJS
- by Hassinus
I would like to display a Rails edit form using JS instead of redirecting with HTML.
To do this, I use UJS for the edit link:
<%= link_to "Edit user info", edit_user_path(1), :remote => true %>
Then, the "edit" action of User controller is like this (simplified version):
controllers/users_controller.rb:
def edit
# Step 1: Get the edit HTML form
@html = render_to_string(:template => "users/edit.html")
# Step 2: Use JS to display the form in the correct place
render "users/edit.js"
end
As you may guess, I have two views:
The html version of "edit" action which contains the form in HTML format. Let's consider a test version:
views/users/edit.html.erb:
<h1>This is just a test</h1>
The js version that will display the form in the correct place, using jQuery for example. Again, for test purpose, let's just popup the html text:
views/users/edit.js.erb:
alert("<%= @html %>");
The problem is that nothing is executed (no popup)
Using the inspector (from Chrome web browser), I get the response as text format:
alert("<h1>This is just a test</h1>");
Do you have any idea? Why do the rendered JS is not executed?
Thanks in advance.
