4523: updated render_editable_attribute to use textarea for descriptions.

[arvados.git] / apps / workbench / app / helpers / application_helper.rb

diff --git a/apps/workbench/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/apps/workbench/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 92d1a6357dc4623aef36fdf547749985c3fb762d..5e6d574a4cf7a52ff823ebe83611ff09efa420f8 100644 (file)
--- a/apps/workbench/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/apps/workbench/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 module ApplicationHelper
-  include VersionHelper
-
   def current_user
     controller.current_user
   end
@@ -190,6 +188,9 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     @unique_id ||= (Time.now.to_f*1000000).to_i
     span_id = object.uuid.to_s + '-' + attr.to_s + '-' + (@unique_id += 1).to_s
 
+    if attr == 'description'
+      input_type = 'textarea'
+    end
     span_tag = content_tag 'span', rendervalue, {
       "data-emptytext" => '(none)',
       "data-placement" => "bottom",
@@ -309,20 +310,17 @@ module ApplicationHelper
       end
     end
 
-    if dataclass.andand.is_a?(Class)
-      datatype = 'select'
-    elsif dataclass == 'number'
-      datatype = 'number'
-    elsif attrvalue.is_a? Array
-      # TODO: find a way to edit arrays with x-editable
-      return attrvalue
-    elsif attrvalue.is_a? Fixnum or attrvalue.is_a? Float
+    if dataclass == 'number' or attrvalue.is_a? Fixnum or attrvalue.is_a? Float
       datatype = 'number'
     elsif attrvalue.is_a? String
       datatype = 'text'
+    elsif attrvalue.is_a?(Array) or dataclass.andand.is_a?(Class)
+      # TODO: find a way to edit with x-editable
+      return attrvalue
     end
 
-    lt = link_to attrtext, '#', {
+    # When datatype is a String or Fixnum, link_to the attrvalue
+    lt = link_to attrvalue, '#', {
       "data-emptytext" => "none",
       "data-placement" => "bottom",
       "data-type" => datatype,