#147 Sortable Lists

Feb 02, 2009 | 8 minutes | Active Record, Ajax, Plugins, Routing

Creating drag & drop sortable lists is fairly easy using Prototype and the built in helper methods. See how in this episode.

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          bash
        
script/generate migration add_position_to_faqs position:integer
rake db:migrate
script/plugin install git://github.com/rails/acts_as_list.git

          routes.rb
        
map.resources :faqs, :collection => { :sort => :post }

          faqs_controller.rb
        
def sort
  params[:faqs].each_with_index do |id, index|
    Faq.update_all(['position=?', index+1], ['id=?', id])
  end
  render :nothing => true
end

          models/faq.rb
        
class Faq < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_list
end

          layouts/application.html.erb
        
<%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %>

          faqs/index.html.erb
        
<ul id="faqs">
<% for faq in @faqs %>
  <% content_tag_for :li, faq do %>
    <span class="handle">[drag]</span>
    <%= link_to h(faq.question), faq %>
  <% end %>
<% end %>
</ul>
<%= sortable_element("faqs", :url => sort_faqs_path, :handle => "handle") %>

          css
        
li .handle {
  font-size: 12px;
  cursor: move;
  color: #777;
}