Advanced Topics

• Custom Association Options: customizing drop downs to select associated records
• Select Polymorphic Association: how to select records for a polymorphic association
• Chaining Form Fields: updating a form field when another field changes
• Enum Columns: DRY way to store a value in DB and show a text in list and drop down fields.
• Grouping Columns: Add subgroups of columns in forms and show view.
• Localization Reference: how to localize or change ActiveScaffold's headers and links.
• Action Links Order: changing order of action links in list
• Action Links Groups: grouping action links
• Dynamic Action Links Groups: creating action links groups dynamically
• Per-Request Configuration: changing ActiveScaffold configuration depending on request parameters or current action
• Security: how to restrict actions
• Search on second order association
• Custom respond_to: overriding controller responses
• Embedded Scaffolds
• Tabbed Group of Columns: Add tabs to a group of columns, using a column in the subform as tab and partitioning the records in the subforms.
• Look and Feel Customization
• Default values: How to set default values for new records in forms or even add logic
• Adding Custom Actions: Bits from ActiveScaffold which you can use to add custom actions
• Javascript Events and Customization: How to add some JS behavior to your forms in an unobtrusive way.
• ActiveScaffold Actions Flow: Explain the methods involved in default AS actions, and how to used them to override the behaviour of AS actions.
• Mongoid: How to use ActiveScaffold with Mongoid