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Routes

You’ll likely need to add something to your routes.rb file. If you’re doing

class UsersController < ApplicationController auto_complete_for :user, :login

You’d add this to your routes

map.resources :users, :collection => { :auto_complete_for_user_login => :post }

Use with ModalBox

You’ll need to add a z-index to your css, like so:

div.auto_complete { width: 350px; background: #fff; z-index:10005 !important; }

Note that the css is in /vendor/plugins/auto_complete/lib/auto_complete_macros_helper.rb but can be ignored so you can override it in your CSS by passing :skip_style => true like so:

text_field_with_auto_complete :user, :login, :skip_style => true

When calling Modalbox.show you’ll need to use the afterLoad option to get things working. Here’s a javascript example:

Modalbox.show($('user_lookup'), {title: 'User Look Up' , width: 450, afterLoad: function () { var user_login_auto_completer = new Ajax.Autocompleter('user_login', 'user_login_auto_complete', '/users/auto_complete_for_user_login', {}); }};