Let say that I have an interface for inputting vehicle marketing information
+--------------------+
| Vehicle |
|--------------------|
| | +--------------------------------------------------+
| Marketing info +----->| Marketing info |
+--------------------+ |--------------------------------------------------|
| | | |
| Engine info | | |
+--------------------+ | +--------------------------+ |
| | | Name | | |
| Wheels | | | | |
+--------------------+ | +--------------------------+ |
| | | |
| Doors | | +--------------------------+ |
+--------------------+ | Codename | | |
| | | | | |
| Seats | | +--------------------------+ |
+--------------------+ | |
| +--------------------------+ |
| Disinformation | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| +--------------------------+ |
+--------------------------------------------------+
I am in a the first page for that vehicle, I want a vehicle to have it’s information save in different tables, for example it can have one marketing_info but many wheels or doors
The problem that I am seeing is that the menu on the left has to link to the related model’s forms from the new action so the link helpers will encounter nil id’s
If I used just one big form and hid the sections I didn’t want the users to see, would that be the best option?
I would also like that form to save as it goes along but then move along the steps in the form, how can I do that? Would I have to redirect to the edit action using an anchor to the next step?
Should I do the following:
- One big form with hidden steps, with multiple submit buttons on each step
- a step is shown if it is in the anchor i.e
#step1or in the examples case#marketinginfo - I want to save on any of the steps.
- Once I have saved I need to be in the
editview
Basically you want multi step form http://railscasts.com/episodes/217-multistep-forms
and nested form bcz info goes into different tables http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/NestedAttributes/ClassMethods.html
you can have different action for each step of form fill-up