http://snippets.dzone.com/posts Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:05:35 GMT DZone Snippets: rails code http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/3146 If you are using date_select in rails here is a little bit of javascript so that at the side of the fields the user can click a link that will automatically set the fields to todays date. <br /> <br /><b>Updated: Now works on rails 1.2, as date_select now finally has ids</b> <br /><code> <br /># put is app_root/public/javascript/application.js <br /> <br />function set_today(model, atrib) <br />{ <br /> t3 = document.getElementById(model + '_' + atrib + '_3i'); <br /> var dt = new Date(); <br /> t3.selectedIndex = dt.getDate(); <br /> <br /> t2 = document.getElementById(model + '_' + atrib + '_2i') <br /> t2.selectedIndex = dt.getMonth() + 1; <br /> <br /> t1 = document.getElementById(model + '_' + atrib + '_1i') <br /> <br /> for (i = 0; i < t1.length; i++) <br /> { <br /> if (t1.options[i].text == dt.getFullYear()) <br /> { <br /> t1.selectedIndex = i; <br /> } <br /> } <br />} <br /></code> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To call this method say in a link use this in your rhtml <br /> <br /><code> <br /><a href="javascript: set_today('model_name', 'column_name');">today?</a> <br /></code> Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:45:28 GMT http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/3146 mrblack (Andy)