On a recent project, I needed to simulate the YouTube-ish text field selection box. You know the one where you can easily select and copy a link or embed code to send on to your friends. You click in the box, the text is automatically selected, and you can quickly copy the text.
I created a quite-simple helper for doing such things.
def auto_select_text_field_tag(name, value = nil, options = {})
text_field_tag(name,
value,
{ :onclick => "$(’#{name}’).select()",
:readonly => "true" }.merge(options))
end
text_field_tag(name,
value,
{ :onclick => "$(’#{name}’).select()",
:readonly => "true" }.merge(options))
end
Pretty easy when it’s all said and done. (It looks better on one line.)
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Comments (4)
nice!
Thanks for sharing this!
One change: Use
:onclick => “this.select()”
instead. Shorter and perfectly valid javascript.
What is an auto select text field, im unsure of what this is talking about.
ahh, nm, i read it again, i get it.