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Joff Williams

Documentation Error in example: link_to_function

Reported by Joff Williams | February 24th, 2009 @ 04:54 PM | in 3.x

I found the following example doesn't work:


  link_to_function("Show me more", nil, :id => "more_link") do |page|
    page[:details].visual_effect  :toggle_blind
    page[:more_link].replace_html "Show me less"
  end

It returns the error: 'TypeError: Effect[klass] is not a constructor' Changing the syntax to the following works for me:


  link_to_function("Show me more", nil, :id => "more_link") do |page|
    page.visual_effect :toggle_blind, "details"
    page[:more_link].replace_html "Show me less"
  end

Incidentally, if you wish to use 'toggle_slide'. An Additional element (e.g. div) is required inside the element to be toggled. For example:


  link_to_function("Show me more", nil, :id => "more_link") do |page|
    page.visual_effect :toggle_slide, "details"
    page[:more_link].replace_html "Show me less"
  end

<div id="details" style="display:none">
  <div>
    These are the details.
  </div>
</div>

This example still fails in 2.3

Comments and changes to this ticket

  • Jason

    Jason February 12th, 2010 @ 11:53 AM

    +1 on this ticket. The solution provided above works correctly, and the note about the extra div also should be noted in the documentation.

  • Jeremy Kemper

    Jeremy Kemper May 4th, 2010 @ 06:48 PM

    • Milestone changed from 2.x to 3.x
  • Santiago Pastorino

    Santiago Pastorino February 2nd, 2011 @ 04:41 PM

    • State changed from “new” to “open”
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  • Santiago Pastorino

    Santiago Pastorino February 2nd, 2011 @ 04:41 PM

    • State changed from “open” to “stale”

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