Rails not loading js in Chome from link_to

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My rails application does not seem to be loading some javascript behavior after being sent to a page via the link_to helper. This is happening in Chrome, but not IE (which hurts me to say). I've seen Chrome not loading behavior in multiple pages for bootstrap-switch, and for some custom functions that I have in my source tree. These will work after I reload the page from Chrome, but not off of the initial link_to.

Here is my application.js:

//= require jquery
//= require jquery_ujs
//= require turbolinks
//= require_tree .
//= require bootstrap
//= require bootstrap-switch
//= require jquery-placeholder
//= require jquery_nested_form

Is there some known limitation in how Chrome receives or renders javascript from the link_to helper? Please let me know if I can provide any additional information that will be helpful to resolve this.

possible duplicate of [Rails 4 turbo-link prevents jQuery scripts from working](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18769109/rails-4-turbo-link-prevents-jquery-scripts-from-working) — Mike Campbell, Dec 18 '13 at 15:49
Hi Mike, you're right; removing turbo-links resolved this issue. Can you move your comment into an answer so I can accept it, or is there another method by which I can confirm this is a duplicate? — kevin_j_m, Dec 18 '13 at 15:56
I think it goes for moderator attention, but for what it's worth I'll post an answer incase the different wording attracts other folk struggling with this. — Mike Campbell, Dec 18 '13 at 16:45

Mike Campbell · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-19T09:19:40.560

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I can see from your application.js that you're using turbolinks.

When using turbolinks, $(document).ready(function() { .. is ignored when clicking on internal links because the page never actually reloads in the traditional way.

You have a couple of alternatives, rewrite/restructure your JS so that it plays nicely with turbolinks (by not having page-specific JS includes, by scoping your events appropriately, etc) or you can disable turbolinks if you don't want to use it by:

removing it from your Gemfile
remove the //= require turbolinks from your application.js
remove the 2 references to "data-turbolinks-track" => true in your layouts/application.html.erb.

edited Dec 19 '13 at 09:19

answered Dec 18 '13 at 16:54

Mike Campbell

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I don't know if it's necessary, but in disabling turbolinks I also removed the 2 references to "data-turbolinks-track" => true in my layouts/application.html.erb. – kevin_j_m Dec 18 '13 at 17:11
whoops, yeah that too :). – Mike Campbell Dec 18 '13 at 17:23
Ya might need to remove it from the Gemfile too. – mack Oct 05 '15 at 16:20

Rails not loading js in Chome from link_to

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