Content_tag question

[mkhumri]

Am trying to insert a link to delete via ajax in my RJS template.

Can one use content_tag and link_to_remote like this in a RJS template?

a = content_tag(‘a’, link_to_remote(“Delete”, :update => “categories”,
:url => {:action => “delete”, :name => category.name}))

-Thanks.

[mkhumri]

if @category && @category.errors.empty?
a = content_tag(‘a’, link_to_remote(“Delete”, :update => “categories”,
:url => {:action => “delete”, :name => @category.name}))
li = content_tag( ‘li’, @category.name, “id” => @category.name )
page.insert_html :bottom, ‘categories’, li
page.visual_effect :highlight, ‘categories’, :duration => 3
end

Basically I am trying to do the above and have this as the output

some category [Delete]

1. Can one use content_tag and link_to_remote like this in a RJS
   template?

2. How do i add the “a” tag created above in the DOM?
   I think I have to use a nested content_tag like
   li = content_tag( ‘li’,
   @category.name content_tag(“a”, a),
   “id” => @category.name )

But the above line seems to be incorrect … seems like i cannot do
something like the third parameter above

Thanks.

[mkhumri]

Putting it out here so that someone can point out if this is the optimal
way to achieve the result above :

if @category && @category.errors.empty?
a = content_tag(‘span’,link_to_remote(“Delete”, :update =>
“categories”,
:url => {:action => “delete”, :name => @category.name}))
temp = @category.name + " [" + a + "] "
li = content_tag( ‘li’, temp, “id” => @category.name )
page.insert_html :bottom, ‘categories’, li
page.visual_effect :highlight, ‘categories’, :duration => 3
end

it works … instead of:

some category [Delete]

I get:

some category [Delete]

Would still be interested in seeing a solution that produces the result
without the span.