ActsToToggle

ActsToToggle is a controller concern created to provide the action toggle in the controller.

How to use

Include concern in controller

class PagesController < ApplicationController
  include ActsToToggle

  ...
end

create route

resources :pages do
  member do
    put :toggle
  end
end

use

<%= link_to "Toggle publish", toggle_user_path(@user, field: 'publish'), method: :put %>

Customize

Attribute to toggle

By default, the attribute specified in the parameter is considered as boolean, then it just made a toggle! this attribute. This action is one method in the concern, them if you want customize just overwrite method in controller.

Original

def toggle_attribute!
  return false if resource.blank? && params[:field].blank?
  resource.toggle!(params[:field])
end

Customized example (write in controller included concern)

private 

def toggle_attribute!
  return false if resource.blank? && params[:field].blank?
  if params[:field] = 'status'
    resource.update_attributes(status: (resource.status == 'active' ? 'inactive' : 'active'))
  else
    resource.toggle!(params[:field])
  end
end

Redirect path after toggle action

Method that defines the path to be redirected after performing the toggle action. By default the path is :back, if you want customize just overwrite this method.

Original

def after_toggle_path
  request.env["HTTP_REFERER"]
end

Customized example (write in controller included concern)

private 

def after_toggle_path
  root_path
end