impressionist/test_app/public/javascripts/rails.js

(function() {
  // Technique from Juriy Zaytsev
  // http://thinkweb2.com/projects/prototype/detecting-event-support-without-browser-sniffing/
  function isEventSupported(eventName) {
    var el = document.createElement('div');
    eventName = 'on' + eventName;
    var isSupported = (eventName in el);
    if (!isSupported) {
      el.setAttribute(eventName, 'return;');
      isSupported = typeof el[eventName] == 'function';
    }
    el = null;
    return isSupported;
  }

  function isForm(element) {
    return Object.isElement(element) && element.nodeName.toUpperCase() == 'FORM'
  }

  function isInput(element) {
    if (Object.isElement(element)) {
      var name = element.nodeName.toUpperCase()
      return name == 'INPUT' || name == 'SELECT' || name == 'TEXTAREA'
    }
    else return false
  }

  var submitBubbles = isEventSupported('submit'),
      changeBubbles = isEventSupported('change')

  if (!submitBubbles || !changeBubbles) {
    // augment the Event.Handler class to observe custom events when needed
    Event.Handler.prototype.initialize = Event.Handler.prototype.initialize.wrap(
      function(init, element, eventName, selector, callback) {
        init(element, eventName, selector, callback)
        // is the handler being attached to an element that doesn't support this event?
        if ( (!submitBubbles && this.eventName == 'submit' && !isForm(this.element)) ||
             (!changeBubbles && this.eventName == 'change' && !isInput(this.element)) ) {
          // "submit" => "emulated:submit"
          this.eventName = 'emulated:' + this.eventName
        }
      }
    )
  }

  if (!submitBubbles) {
    // discover forms on the page by observing focus events which always bubble
    document.on('focusin', 'form', function(focusEvent, form) {
      // special handler for the real "submit" event (one-time operation)
      if (!form.retrieve('emulated:submit')) {
        form.on('submit', function(submitEvent) {
          var emulated = form.fire('emulated:submit', submitEvent, true)
          // if custom event received preventDefault, cancel the real one too
          if (emulated.returnValue === false) submitEvent.preventDefault()
        })
        form.store('emulated:submit', true)
      }
    })
  }

  if (!changeBubbles) {
    // discover form inputs on the page
    document.on('focusin', 'input, select, texarea', function(focusEvent, input) {
      // special handler for real "change" events
      if (!input.retrieve('emulated:change')) {
        input.on('change', function(changeEvent) {
          input.fire('emulated:change', changeEvent, true)
        })
        input.store('emulated:change', true)
      }
    })
  }

  function handleRemote(element) {
    var method, url, params;

    var event = element.fire("ajax:before");
    if (event.stopped) return false;

    if (element.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'form') {
      method = element.readAttribute('method') || 'post';
      url    = element.readAttribute('action');
      params = element.serialize();
    } else {
      method = element.readAttribute('data-method') || 'get';
      url    = element.readAttribute('href');
      params = {};
    }

    new Ajax.Request(url, {
      method: method,
      parameters: params,
      evalScripts: true,

      onComplete:    function(request) { element.fire("ajax:complete", request); },
      onSuccess:     function(request) { element.fire("ajax:success",  request); },
      onFailure:     function(request) { element.fire("ajax:failure",  request); }
    });

    element.fire("ajax:after");
  }

  function handleMethod(element) {
    var method = element.readAttribute('data-method'),
        url = element.readAttribute('href'),
        csrf_param = $$('meta[name=csrf-param]')[0],
        csrf_token = $$('meta[name=csrf-token]')[0];

    var form = new Element('form', { method: "POST", action: url, style: "display: none;" });
    element.parentNode.insert(form);

    if (method !== 'post') {
      var field = new Element('input', { type: 'hidden', name: '_method', value: method });
      form.insert(field);
    }

    if (csrf_param) {
      var param = csrf_param.readAttribute('content'),
          token = csrf_token.readAttribute('content'),
          field = new Element('input', { type: 'hidden', name: param, value: token });
      form.insert(field);
    }

    form.submit();
  }


  document.on("click", "*[data-confirm]", function(event, element) {
    var message = element.readAttribute('data-confirm');
    if (!confirm(message)) event.stop();
  });

  document.on("click", "a[data-remote]", function(event, element) {
    if (event.stopped) return;
    handleRemote(element);
    event.stop();
  });

  document.on("click", "a[data-method]", function(event, element) {
    if (event.stopped) return;
    handleMethod(element);
    event.stop();
  });

  document.on("submit", function(event) {
    var element = event.findElement(),
        message = element.readAttribute('data-confirm');
    if (message && !confirm(message)) {
      event.stop();
      return false;
    }

    var inputs = element.select("input[type=submit][data-disable-with]");
    inputs.each(function(input) {
      input.disabled = true;
      input.writeAttribute('data-original-value', input.value);
      input.value = input.readAttribute('data-disable-with');
    });

    var element = event.findElement("form[data-remote]");
    if (element) {
      handleRemote(element);
      event.stop();
    }
  });

  document.on("ajax:after", "form", function(event, element) {
    var inputs = element.select("input[type=submit][disabled=true][data-disable-with]");
    inputs.each(function(input) {
      input.value = input.readAttribute('data-original-value');
      input.removeAttribute('data-original-value');
      input.disabled = false;
    });
  });
})();