CODEWITHSUNDEEP
ruby-on-rails
Reddirt
Reddirt

Reputation: 5953

Rails request referrer doesn't contain the #xxx

I have a Rails 3 form where I'm using Bootstrap tabs. Each tab renders a different form (but to the same controller).

When I submit the form on tab2, the URL at the top of the page is:

http://localhost:3000/costprojects/1#tab2

In the costprojects controller, I want to go to the next tab when the user submits a form.

I thought this would work:

  def update
    @costproject = Costproject.find(params[:id])
    nextpath =  costproject_path(@costproject) + '#tab2'
    nextpath =  costproject_path(@costproject) + '#tab3' if request.referer.include?("#tab2")
    nextpath =  costproject_path(@costproject) + '#tab4' if request.referer.include?("#tab3")


    respond_to do |format|
      if @costproject.update_attributes(params[:costproject])
        format.html { redirect_to nextpath, notice: 'Capital Project was successfully updated.' }

But, the request.referer doesn't include the 'tab2'.

How come?

Thanks for the help!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 346

Answers (1)

Philip Hallstrom
Philip Hallstrom

Reputation: 19879

The anchor is only available client side. It's never sent as part of any request header. See Is the anchor part of a URL being sent to a web server?

Upvotes: 1

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