Question

I’m using auto_complete plugin:

https://github.com/crowdint/rails3-jquery-autocomplete

I have installed the gem and added require line in my manifest file as instructed:

//= require jquery
//= require jquery_ujs
//= require jquery-ui
//= require autocomplete-rails
//= require prototype
//= require prototype_ujs

Having done just this, firebug gives me this error message:

$("input[data-autocomplete]") is null

and error is traced to this line in autocomplete-rails.js:

$(document).ready(function(){$("input[data-autocomplete]").railsAutocomplete()})...

I’m using:

Rails 3.1.0
Ruby 1.9.2

Has anyone experienced the same? I just installed and required the gem and not even started doing the changes to the controller / view.

Any help would be appreciated!

Answer 1

Do not use Prototype library at the same time with Jquery. Unfortunately this was only solution i could come up with. I tried noConflict statements and loading libraries in different order. I’m accepting this answer now, because there haven’t been any other solutions.