I am trying to create a button that shows/hides a div. It seems relatively easy, but whenever I click this button, it just does a refresh, and when I keep clicking it, it hides most of my page. Here is what I have so far. Also, I dont know if it matters but I am using foundation for most of the css
application.js
$(function() {
$(document).foundation();
});
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#message_button').click(function() {
$("#messages").toggle();
});
});
_userindex.html
<div class="row">
<div class="small-12 columns new-button">
<%= link_to 'New Job', new_job_path, class: 'button' %>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section-container auto" data-section>
<section>
<p class="title" data-section-title><a href="#panel1">Active Jobs</a></p>
<div class="content" data-section-content>
<% if @active.present? %>
<ul>
<% @active.each do |job| %>
<li class='panel'>
<div class="row">
<div class="small-12 columns">
<div class="row">
<div class="large-6 columns">
<span id="location"><strong>location</strong>: <%= job.location %></span>
</div>
<div class="large-6 columns">
<span id="status"><strong>status</strong>: <%= job.status %></span>
</div>
</div>
<div class='light panel bottom'>
<strong>job: <%= link_to job.name, job %></strong><br>
<%= job.description %>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row job-buttons">
<div class="small-6 columns">
MESSAGES BUTTON -->>> <%= link_to 'messages', '', class: 'button small secondary', id: "message_button" %>
</div>
<div class="small-6 columns">
<%= link_to 'cancel', job, method: :delete, data: {confirm: 'Are you sure?'}, class: 'button small alert' %>
</div>
</div>
<br />
I WANT TO HIDE THIS ENTIRE DIV ---->>>> <div id="messages">
<div class="row">
<div class="small-12 columns">
<div class="panel">
<%= form_for(@message) do |f| %>
<%= f.label :body, "Description" %>
<%= f.text_area :body %>
<%= f.hidden_field :job_id, value: job.id %>
<%= f.submit 'Create message', class: 'button small secondary' %>
<% end %>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<% jobs_messages = job.messages %>
<% if jobs_messages.present? %>
<ul>
<% jobs_messages.each do |m| %>
<% if m.user_id.present? %>
<% user = m.user %>
<% else %>
<% user = m.runner %>
<% end %>
<li class='panel'>
<div class='row'>
<div class='small-12 columns'>
<p> From: <%= user.login %> </p>
<p> Body: <%= m.body %>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<% end %>
</ul>
<% else %>
<div class="empty panel">
<p>no messages at the moment</p>
</div>
<% end %>
</div>
</li>
<% end %>
</ul>
<% else %>
<div class="empty panel">
<p>no active jobs at the moment</p>
</div>
<% end %>
</div>
</section>
<section>
<p class="title" data-section-title><a href="#panel2">Completed Jobs</a></p>
<div class="content" data-section-content>
<% if @completed.present? %>
<% else %>
<div class="empty panel">
<p>no completed jobs yet</p>
</div>
<% end %>
</div>
</section>
</div>
I am trying to an $().click action to the link_to button with id "message_button". Whenever this button/link is clicked, I want it to show/hide the "messages" div.
I am new to jQuery, rails, and foundation, so I left most of the code just in case anything was important. But I marked the message_button and the message div to help you better find it.