Goal: To implement a jQuery plugin for my rails app (or write one myself, if necessary) that creates a "box" around text after a delimiter is typed.
Example: With tagging on SO,
the user begins typing a tag, then selects one from
the drop-down list provided.
The input field recognizes that a tag has been selected, puts a space and then is ready for
the next tag. Similarly, I am attempting to use this plugin to put a box around
the previously entered tag before moving to to accept
the next tag/input.
The instructions in
the README.txt seem simple enough, however I have been receiving a
$(".tagbox").tagbox is not a function
error when debugging my app with firebug.
Here is what I have in my application.js:
$(document).ready( function(){
$('.tagbox').tagbox({
separator: /\[,]/, // specifying comma separation for <code>tags</code>
});
});
And here is my _form.html.erb:
<% form_for @tag do |f| %>
<%= f.error_messages %>
<p>
<%= f.label :name %><br />
<%= text_field :tag, :name, { :method => :get, :class => "tagbox" } %>
</p>
<p><%= f.submit "Submit" %></p>
<% end %>
I have omitted some other code (namely
the implementation of an autocomplete plugin) existing
within my _form.html.erb and application.js for sake of readability.
The inclusion or exclusion of this omitted code does not affect
the performance of this plugin.
I have included all of
the necessary files for
the tagbox plugin (as well as application.js after all other included JS files)
within the javascript_include_tag in my application.html.erb file.
I'm pretty much confused as to why I'd be getting this "not a function" error when jquery.tagbox.js clearly defines
the function and is included in
the head of my html page in question. I've been struggling with this plugin for longer than I'd like to admit, so any help would really be appreciated. And, of course, I'm open to any other plugins or from-scratch suggestions you may have in mind..
This tagbox plugin does not seem to have a wealth of documentation or any currently working examples.
Also to note, I'm trying to avoid using jrails.
Thanks for your time
