Updating auto complete fields to use jquery

app/controllers/messages_controller.rb

@@ -10,8 +10,14 @@ class MessagesController < BaseController
   end
 
   def auto_complete_for_username
-    @users = User.find(:all, :conditions => [ 'LOWER(login) LIKE ?', '%' + (params[:message][:to]) + '%' ])
-    render :inline => "<%= auto_complete_result(@users, 'login') %>"
+    @users = User.find_all_by_profile_public(true)
+    @users_list = []
+    for user in @users
+      @users_list << user.login
+    end
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.json {render :inline => @users_list.to_json}       
+    end
   end
 
   def index

app/controllers/tags_controller.rb

@@ -9,8 +9,14 @@ def cache_action?
   end  
 
   def auto_complete_for_tag_name
-    @tags = ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.find(:all, :limit => 10, :conditions => [ 'LOWER(name) LIKE ?', '%' + (params[:id] || params[:tag_list]) + '%' ])
-    render :inline => "<%= auto_complete_result(@tags, 'name') %>"
+    @tags = ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.find(:all)
+    @tag_names = []
+    for tag in @tags
+      @tag_names << tag.name
+    end
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.json {render :inline => @tag_names.to_json}       
+    end
   end
 
   def index  

app/helpers/base_helper.rb

@@ -372,7 +372,15 @@ def icon_link_to(icon_class, content, href)
     link_html.html_safe
   end
 
+  def tag_auto_complete_field(id, options = {})
+    options[:url][:format] = 'json'
+    html = ""
+    html << render(:partial => 'shared/tag_auto_complete', :locals => {:id => id, :options => options})
+    html.html_safe
+  end
+
   def auto_complete_field(id, options = {})
+    options[:url][:format] = 'json'
     html = ""
     html << render(:partial => 'shared/auto_complete', :locals => {:id => id, :options => options})
     html.html_safe

app/views/messages/_form.html.haml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     .auto_complete#message_to_auto_complete
 
     -content_for :end_javascript do
-      = auto_complete_field 'message_to', {:url => auto_complete_for_username_user_messages_path(user), :tokens=>','}
+      = auto_complete_field 'message_to', {:url => {:controller => 'messages', :action => 'auto_complete_for_username', :user => user}, :method=>'post'}
 
   -if @reply  
     = f.hidden_field :subject  

app/views/shared/_auto_complete.html.haml

@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 -content_for :end_javascript do
   =javascript_include_tag 'tag-it/tag-it'
-  =stylesheet_include_tag 'tag-it/tag-it'
+  =stylesheet_link_tag 'tag-it/tag-it'
   :javascript
-    alert('Now make it work');
+    var tags;
+    $.ajax({
+      type: '#{options[:method] || 'get'}',
+      url: '#{url_for options[:url]}',
+      success: function(data){
+        values = data;
+        $('##{id}').autocomplete({
+          source: values
+        });
+      }
+    });
+

app/views/shared/_tag_auto_complete.html.haml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+-content_for :end_javascript do
+  =javascript_include_tag 'tag-it/tag-it'
+  =stylesheet_link_tag 'tag-it/tag-it'
+  :javascript
+    var tags;
+    $.ajax({
+      type: '#{options[:method] || 'get'}',
+      url: '#{url_for options[:url]}',
+      success: function(data){
+        values = data;
+        $('##{id}').tagit({
+          availableTags: values,
+          allowSpaces: true
+        });
+      }
+    });
+

app/views/users/edit.html.haml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     = f.text_field :tag_list, {:autocomplete => "off"}
     #tag_list_auto_complete.auto_complete
     -content_for :end_javascript do
-      = auto_complete_field 'tag_list', {:url => { :controller => "tags", :action => 'auto_complete_for_tag_name'}, :tokens => [','] }
+      = auto_complete_field 'user_tag_list', {:url => { :controller => "tags", :action => 'auto_complete_for_tag_name'}, :tokens => [','] }
 
     %label.controls
       %em