Question

the following is my dropdown to select chat rooms:

<% form_for :chat_room do |form| %>           <%= form.select(:title, @chat_rooms.collect! {|x| x.title},{:include_blank =>'select a chat room'}) %>         <% end %> 

My routes are:

ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|    map.resource :account, :controller => 'users'   map.resources :poll   map.resources :users,:has_many => :stories   map.resources :chat_rooms ,:member => {:create_message => :post},:collection => {:ajax_updater=>:get}   map.logout 'logout', :controller => 'user_sessions', :action =>'destroy'   map.resource :user_session   map.resource  :welcome   map.connect '/', :controller => 'welcome', :action => 'index'    map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'   map.connect ':controller/:action/:id.:format' end 

On changing values in the drop down I want to navigate to a particular chatroom chosen. How do I do that?

Answer 1

one (simple) way would be to add the :onchange parameter to the select helper

form.select(:title, @chat_rooms.collect! {|x| [x.title, x.id] },{:include_blank =>'select a chat room'}, :onchange => 'window.location.href = 'chat_rooms/' + this.getAttribute('value')')