Rails 3 - Status of “link_to_function” method

Question

In searching for a solution to a javascript problem, I saw multiple comments about link_to_function being deprecated in Rails 3. However, I\'ve been able to co

Answer 1

While I am intending to switch everything over to unobtrusive javascript, a good intermediate step (for me), was to replace

link_to_function icon_tag('close.png'), '$(this).parent().hide()', :title => t('actions.close'), :class => 'close'

with the following:

link_to icon_tag('close.png'), '#', :onclick => '$(this).parent().hide()', :title => t('actions.close'), :class => 'close'

Very simple. Hope this helps.