ActsAsTree extends ActiveRecord to add simple support for organizing items into parent–children relationships. By default, ActsAsTree expects a foreign key column called parent_id.
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Reddit-style nested/threaded/indented comments for Rails?
I'm wondering if someone has already built a system for threaded comments (for lack of a better term) in Rails or if I need to build it myself.
In case it's not clear, what I'm referring to is a comment system like Reddit's that automatically…
Willem Obst
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Formtastic select with grouping
Now with Formtastic I have plain select:
= f.input :category, :as => :select, :include_blank => false, :collection => subcategories
Here I show only children categories. I use acts_as_tree plugin for parent-child relationship. I would like to show…
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Acts-as-tree in Rails3?
I need to use Acts As Tree in my Rails3 project (ruby 1.9.2). But, there are lot of forks on github, so I don't know which should I choose, and which is used by other developers?
On Railsplugins.org there are…
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Why do my root nodes end up with themselves as the parent_id with acts_as_tree?
I have an existing tree structure to which I'd like to add a new root and move the existing roots down one. I've written a rake task which works fine apart from one thing.
The new root ends up with a parent_id which matches it's new id instead of…
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acts_as_tree does not destroy the model's children
I have this Task model:
class Task < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_tree :order => 'sort_order'
end
And I have this test
class TaskTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
def setup
@root = create_root
end
def…
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acts_as_tree and propagating a value through sub headers to items
I have a little bit of a complex model and want to get the full functionality capable with my limited understanding of rails.
I have a section, a header (which uses acts_as_tree), and an item.
I use json to bring sets of data in. This has worked…
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acts_as_tree vs ancestry gem for tree menu
I want to implement a tree menu (simple example of tree menu) in a Rails app that I am working on. I am unsure of whether to use acts_as_tree or Ancestry. Its seems that it would be easier to implements a simple tree menu using acts_as_tree,…
Tom Kadwill
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acts_as_tree and has_many :through not working well together
I have the following:
class Menu < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :menu_headers
# has_many :menu_headers, :conditions => {:parent_id => 0} - was trying
# to set parent_id to 0 for top level
has_many :menu_items, :through =>…
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acts_as_tree and rails 3.2.3, not compatible?
I am using Rails 3.2.3 and acts_as_tree 1.1.0. I have been using acts_as_tree for a handful different projects with earlier versions of Rails 3 (such as 3.1.1.) with no problems but it won't work at all for this version. If it is because of 3.2.3 or…
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Generate a file list based on an array
I tried a few things but this week i feel like my brain's having holidays and i need to complete this thing.. so i hope someone can help me.
I need to create a filelist based on a hash which is saved into a database. The has looks like this:…
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RoR & ACTS_AS_Tree & display show page from database vs. display content
All,
Working on a RoR app for work. Finally got acts as tree working with a database connection (railscast.com episode 162). Trying to shift from displaying content in the database to redirecting to the contents of the page.content database entry…
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Building nested routes for a resource that use acts_as_tree
do you know how to generate dynamically routes such as:
... (/:parent_id(/:parent_id(/:parent_id(/:parent_id))))/:id
I ask this question because I have a Folder model which acts as tree (it have a parent_id field), and its to_param method return…
Zag zag..
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User is not able to make root of tree in acts_as_tree in rails 5.0
I am using acts_as_tree for creating tree structure of folder(model) in my rails app.But after adding acts_as_tree and when i try to make a root folder a error comes that parent must exist, indicating parent_id can't be nil .
folder.rb :
class…
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closure_tree ancestors is giving ancestors in reverse order
I have a rails (4.2.3) app that uses closure_tree on the Post model
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
has_closure_tree dependent: :destroy
end
The closure_tree gem documentation states that:
tag.ancestors is a ordered scope of [ parent,…
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How do I create a scope on an associated closure_tree model?
I have two types: blogs and posts. Post uses the closure_tree gem (an acts_as_tree variant) to allow posts nested under posts. Also, each blog has_many posts.
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_tree
end
Given a set of blogs (by the same…
Anand
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