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Asked: 2026-05-16T01:28:04+00:00

I am working on a search function on RoR that basically just has a

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I am working on a search function on RoR that basically just has a cool visual effect when a user clicks the search button.

Here is the code in my view for search.rhtml

  <html>
  <head>
    <title>Tutor</title>
    <%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1></h1>
        <%= form_remote_tag :url =>{ :action => :search_results }, :update => "results"  %>


                    <fieldset>
                        <legend>Tutor Search.</legend>
                        <label for="searchItField">Keyword Search.</label>

                        <input class="tfield" type="text" value="FIND YOUR TUTOR HERE" name="searchItField" id="searchItField" />
                        <span id="Submit_search">

                            <span id="Submit_search_hover"><input type="submit" id="Submit" value="Search" /></span>

                        </span>
                    </fieldset>
                </form>

    <div id="results">

    </div>
  </body>
</html>

Here is the search_results.rhtml which is what gets displayed in the results div in search.rhtml

<% for tutors in @tutors %>
        <%= tutors.first_name %> <br/>
    <% end %>

And finally here is my controller and actions. 

class TutorsController < ApplicationController

  def search
  end

  def search_results
     @tutors = Tutors.find_by_sql('SELECT * FROM tutors')
  end

end

What I want to do is basically create an effect that when the search results are loaded because of the ajax call that it would slide up. I am using jrails. Exactly how this site does it. http://keyonary.com/#/paste

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  1. Editorial Team

    In short, to get you started, you will need to do the following:

    • use observe_field on the input-field, which retrieves data from a controller-method and will update a certain div with the results
    • create a corresponding controller-method that will retrieve the items (use your search_results)
    • create a view for that controller-method that will show the data with the required effects and animation.
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