Rails Real-Time Form Validation Plug-In

Rails Real-Time Form Validation Plug-In uses AJAX to validate form data against a model in real-time.
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  • FREE
  • Publisher Name:
  • Vince Puzzella
  • Publisher web site:
  • http://railsrtv.rubyforge.org/

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Rails Real-Time Form Validation Plug-In uses AJAX to validate form data against a model in real-time. Rails Real-Time Form Validation Plug-In uses AJAX to validate form data against a model in real-time. AJAX requests are made as the user is filling in form fields.The form data is then validated against a model on the server-side. RTV then responds with javascript that dynamically updates the HTML document. This enables you to mark form fields as valid/invalid using CSS.The download package now includes a sample rails application. It does not need a database to run, thanks to this. Simply execute ./script/server from the rtv_sample_app directory and point your bwoser to http://localhost:3000.Usage:Download and extract the contents of 'the_plugin' directory to your 'vendor/plugins' directory. Please the the rtv_sample_app for more details. In your controller:include UIEnhancements::RealtimeValidationhelper :RealtimeValidationrealtime_validation_for(:the_form_id, :the_model)In your view, after a form:In your CSS (example):.fieldWithoutErrors,.fieldWithErrors{ outline-width: 1px; outline-color: white; outline-style: solid; /* !!HACK!! IE will not use this because it does not understand !important. Border is not needed for firefox, so make it 0px!*/ border-width: 0px !important; /*for IE!*/ border-width: 1px; border-color: white; border-style: solid;}.fieldWithErrors{ background: pink; background-color:pink; outline-color: red; /*for IE!*/ border-color: red;}/* Browser support may be limited here...*/.fieldWithErrors input,.fieldWithErrors select,.fieldWithErrors textarea{ background: pink; background-color: pink;}Known to work with:· Rails 1.1.6· FireFox 2What's New in This Release:· This release adds a sample application, some code cleanup and minor bugfixes, and some changes to the sample CSS.


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