Auto Complete Text Box in Rails
Found an Awesome plugin https://github.com/rails/auto_complete for doing this and i made it in 5-10 mins. Install plugin : ruby script/plugin install git://github.com/rails/auto_complete.git Use in HTML for Text field: <%= text_field_with_auto_complete 'phonenumber', 'to',{}, :skip_style => false %> Controller : skip_before_filter :verify_authenticity_token, :only => [:auto_complete_for_phonenumber_to] def auto_complete_for_phonenumber_to phonenumber = params[:phonenumber][:to] @phones = CustomerPhone.phonenumber_search(phonenumber) render :partial => 'phonenumbers' end Search Query in model: def self.phonenumber_search(keyword) find(:all, :conditions=>["phonenumber like ?", "%#{keyword}%"]) end View : Create Partial : "_phone_number.html.erb" <%= auto_complete_result @phones, :phonenumber %> Restart your Server & Search. It works. Note : If you get undefined method...