Stack Overflow-like tag selector for Rails

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I want to use tags for a model in my Rails application, and I'd like to have the same kind of tag selection mechanism that Stack Overflow has when asking a question. I.e. I type in 'rails' and it drops down a list of tags that include 'rails', and I can go on to add more tags from there. Is there a plugin that can do this?

I'm comfortable putting together the tag model and migrations myself, that isn't an issue. I just need something to handle the AJAX and javascript. I'm using prototype and Rails 2.3.

Jonathan · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-23 02:13:24Z

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I had a similar requirement and used the following: http://loopj.com/2009/04/25/jquery-plugin-tokenizing-autocomplete-text-entry/

It worked very well.

Good luck

answered Mar 23, 2010 at 2:13

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David Tildon Over a year ago

Looks good, not crazy about jQuery but I'll try it out, thanks.

Sam Saffron · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-23 00:12:49Z

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This is basically the tag selector SO use: http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-autocomplete/ it uses JQuery which you can get to work in conjunction with prototype.

answered Mar 23, 2010 at 0:12

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