Adrian I know the docs aren t ready yet
# avo-2a
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06/20/2023, 11:00 PMAdrian, I know the docs aren't ready yet, but in a tool, in the tools slot, I want buttons that will interact with a stimulus controller. Do you have an example of that, or can you tell me how to set the various attributes on the html element via the a_link/a_button helpers?
(and what's the difference between a_link and a_button?)
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06/21/2023, 7:31 AMfor the Stimulus integration you can add
dataa_linka_button Copy code
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<%= a_button data: {controller: :foo, action: "click->something#act"} do %>
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06/21/2023, 7:31 AMso anything you'd do in a regular rails app goes
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06/21/2023, 7:31 AMthe difference between the two is what element they generate
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06/21/2023, 7:32 AMa_linklemon-wall-20836
06/21/2023, 7:32 AMa_buttonmethod: :deletedata: {confirm: "are you sure"}lemon-wall-20836
06/21/2023, 8:05 AMyou can find an example of a resource tool and a button with stimulus here
https://main.avodemo.com/avo/resources/fish/9
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06/21/2023, 8:06 AMsource code for the resource tool
https://github.com/avo-hq/main.avodemo.com/blob/main/app/views/avo/resource_tools/_fish_information.html.erb#L30
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06/21/2023, 8:06 AMit uses a
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06/21/2023, 8:06 AMlemon-wall-20836
06/21/2023, 8:07 AMoh... sorry. that's actually a Turbo demo, not a Stimulus demo
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06/21/2023, 8:07 AMthe mechanics should be similar using data attributes
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06/21/2023, 3:27 PMyeah close enough
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06/21/2023, 3:27 PMthanks!