I am trying to get the value user selected from search prompt and pass it to javascript. in my search controller it's stored in @result. I am then finding what I need with (params[:query_id]
Wanted to make prompt for unsigned users a bit fancier by adding their selection to prompt. Tried it a simple way -
var selected = getElementById('#query').value;
But got this error message: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: getElementById
Tried to get this variable from a ruby array:
var selected= <%= @result.to_json %>;
But it returns null
Adding searh controller's code, as suggested:
def index respond_to do |format| format.html {render :text => "html"}
format.js do
@search = SearchItem.search{ keywords params["query"] }
@result = []
@search.each_hit_with_result do |hit, item|
@result << {:name => hit.stored(:name), :id => item.id}
end
render :json => @result.to_json
end
end
Then in search html I have
#search
= form_tag find_from_query_entries_path, :remote => true, :id => "search_form" do
= text_field_tag :query, nil
= hidden_field_tag :query_id