Question

I am developoing a Rails v2.3.2 app. A very basic Rails structure implemented as below:

I have a controller:

class SchoolController < ApplicationController
  ...

  def check_teachers
    @school = School.find params[:id]
    @teachers = @school.teachers
  end

end

my route definition in route.rb:

map.check_teachers, '/school/check_teachers/:id' :controller => :school, :action => :check_teachers

A link click will trigger the view:

link_to 'Check teachers', check_teachers_path(:id => @school.id)

check_teachers‘s view check_teachers.html.erb:

<div>
Hello 
<%= render :partial => 'show_teachers'%>
</div>

I would like the link click to show the above view as a jQuery-UI dialog instead of a page view. How to achieve this??

—-Update—–

Please check also my comment on @plaes ‘s answer.

Answer 1

You are missing the jQuery UI code to set up the dialog in check_teachers.html.erb:

<script>
$(function() {
  $('#dialog').dialog();
});
</script>
<div id='dialog'>
Hello 
<%= render :partial => 'show_teachers'%>
</div>

Also, you need to include the required jQuery dependencies (jQuery and jQuery-UI). This is left as an exercise…