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adolzi
adolzi

Reputation: 691

AJAX updates div only once

I'm using AJAX first time and I have following problem

I have description and below I have field with button where I can input new description, after click on button I'd like to refresh only description using AJAX.

//_description.html.erb
 <div class="description-field">
        <%= @description.text %>
 </div>

In my controller in update I set format.js

//update.js.erb
$('.description-field').replaceWith("<%= @description.text %>");

and 

//_description.html.erb
 <%= simple_form_for @description, remote: true do |f| %>
        <%= f.input :text %>
        <%= f.button :submit %>
 <% end %>

But unfortunatelly, it refreshes description only once, when I click button second time there is no change, I had to refresh site to see new text. Could someone help me fix it?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 107

Answers (1)

Clark
Clark

Reputation: 616

This is because .replacewith replaces the entire html element, not just the content it contains. Change $('.description-field').replaceWith("<%= @description.text %>"); to $('.description-field').html("<%= escape_javascript @description.text %>");

Also use escape_javascript as I did just to be safe.

Upvotes: 1

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