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    copied!<p>I've been stuck on this for a few days and I'm afraid I lack the vocabulary to properly ask this question, but any feedback is greatly appreciated!</p> <p>I am working on a basic blog site. Users can create posts with a title, description, and declare whether others can see the post (public or private). From the index page, I want the user to be able to see a list of their posts, toggle public|private, and delete the post. Listing is easy (I'm rendering a partial based on the user's posts), and the AJAX delete link is working nicely:</p> <pre><code>&lt;%= link_to 'Delete Post', post, :confirm =&gt; 'Are you sure?', :method =&gt; :delete, :remote =&gt; true %&gt; </code></pre> <p>Toggling public|private corresponds to an edit/update action, and I cannot figure out how to do that using a link or button--it seems I have to use a form. I've tried a lot of variations of the working delete button that look something like this (and none work):</p> <pre><code>&lt;%= link_to 'Make Public', { :controller =&gt; "posts", :action =&gt; "update", :id =&gt; post, :public =&gt; true, :post =&gt; post }, :method =&gt; :put, :remote =&gt; true %&gt; </code></pre> <p>The only way that seems to work is with a form, but this requires that the user click the <code>Update Post</code> button:</p> <pre><code>&lt;%= form_for(post, :remote =&gt; true) do |f| %&gt; &lt;div class="field"&gt; &lt;%= f.label :public %&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;%= f.check_box :public %&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="actions"&gt; &lt;%= f.submit %&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;% end %&gt; </code></pre> <p>So, in Rail3 what is the proper way to update a single attribute? (Is there more fitting verbiage?) Can it be done using a link or button? Do I have to use a form? Is there a Rails3 way (like destroy.js.erb) to add an onclick/onchange event or do I need to develop my own JavaScript?</p> <hr> <p>Zabba's answer is great; however, I ultimately used a hidden form submitted via JavaScript (specifically jQuery).</p> <p>In the view:</p> <pre><code>&lt;div&gt; &lt;%= form_for(post, :remote =&gt; true) do |f| %&gt; &lt;%= f.hidden_field :public, { :value =&gt; !post.public } %&gt; &lt;% end %&gt; &lt;% if post.public == true %&gt; &lt;div class="pp"&gt;Public&lt;/div&gt; &lt;% else %&gt; &lt;div class="pp"&gt;Private&lt;/div&gt; &lt;% end %&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </code></pre> <p>The JavaScript:</p> <pre><code>$('.pp').live('click', function(){ $(this).siblings('form').submit(); }); </code></pre> <p>Comments on the two approaches? Is one more idiomatic?</p>
 

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