Observe Field

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This is in "app/views/article/_article_categories.html.erb", currently commented out. It is part of a link that displays the categories for an article in a tree format.
A suggestion: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3846089/observe-field-in-rails-3
It adds that subject to a category without having to do an actual submit.

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The Rails 2.38 API page:
http://api.rubyonrails.org/v2.3.8/classes/ActionView/Helpers/PrototypeHelper.html#M002175

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Also read http://www.simonecarletti.com/blog/2010/06/unobtrusive-javascript-technique/
and
http://www.simonecarletti.com/blog/2010/06/unobtrusive-javascript-in-rails-3/

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Use the "making_progress" branch.

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Here is a URL that does it:
http://localhost:3000/article/show?article_id=8026&ol=a_alist_cats_art

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Go to an article page, click the edit tab

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Look in views/article/_article_categories.html.erb

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Yet another link: http://railscasts.com/episodes/205-unobtrusive-javascript

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Observe Field in Rails 2.3.8 API
http://api.rubyonrails.org/v2.3.8/classes/ActionView/Helpers/PrototypeHelper.html#M002175

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http://api.jquery.com/change/

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http://www.slideshare.net/AlanHecht/jquery-and-ajax-with-rails

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https://github.com/rails/jquery-ujs/wiki/ajax