Hi JB, Thank you for spotting this problem and posting back with the solution. I've added this fix to the plugin and will publish it on Monday (when I have FTP access).
Cheers, Diego A. 2008/7/9 JB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I figured this out, just in case anyone else has the same problem. > The issue revolves around brackets [ ] not being allowed in css class > names. > > The plugin takes the name of the field and uses it to generate a class > name of the form "star_group_yourfieldnamehere" so with a rails form > field, you'd end up with a class name like: > > star_group_mymodel[myfield] > > which is an illegal css class name. I fixed this by changing the > following code: > > var n = this.name; > > to this: > > var n = this.name.replace(/^(.*?)\[(.*?)\]$/, "$1_$2"); > var real_n = this.name; > > this removes the brackets and makes rails form names appear like > mymodel_myfield instead of mymodel[myfield]. I defined real_n so that > it can still be used for the hidden field. Works like a charm now! > > On Jul 9, 9:58 am, JB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi - > > > > I'm trying to use the excellent star rating plugin from fyneworks > > (http://www.fyneworks.com/jquery/star-rating) with a rails project I'm > > working on. I'm running into a bit of an issue that I wonder if > > anyone else has seen. > > > > Typical names of form fields in a rails app look something like this: > > > > mymodel[myfield] > > > > which I suspect is causing an issue with this plugin. If I leave the > > form as generated by rails, with names like above, then the mouseout > > and click events don't behave properly. mouseout doesn't remove the > > stars the way it should, and clicking on a star only highlights the > > star you clicked on, instead of all the stars before it also. > > > > If I manually hack the form names to be regular names, like "myfield" > > instead of "mymodel[myfield]" then it works perfectly, but of course > > then rails won't process my form correctly because the names aren't > > right. > > > > Has anyone else run into this kind of problem? Any solutions anyone > > can think of? I tried going through the plugin code, but I'm afraid > > my jQuery-fu isn't where it needs to be to spot the problem. > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated.....thanks! > -- Cheers, Diego A.
