improvements to pool add

app/assets/javascripts/pools.js

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
           }
         );
       },
-      minLength: 4,
+      minLength: 2,
     });
     
     $("#pool").click(function(e) {

app/controllers/pool_elements_controller.rb

@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@ class PoolElementsController < ApplicationController
   def create
     @pool = Pool.find_by_name(params[:pool_name]) || Pool.find_by_id(params[:pool_id])
     
-    if @pool.nil?
+    if @pool.present?
-      
+      @post = Post.find(params[:post_id])
-      return
+      @pool.add!(@post)
+      append_pool_to_session(@pool)
     end
     
-    @post = Post.find(params[:post_id])
-    @pool.add!(@post)
-    append_pool_to_session(@pool)
     respond_with(@pool, :location => post_path(@post))
   end
   

app/models/pool.rb

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class Pool < ActiveRecord::Base
       return q if params.blank?
       
       if params[:name_matches].present?
+        params[:name_matches] += "*" unless params[:name_matches] =~ /\*/
         q = q.where("name like ? escape E'\\\\'", params[:name_matches].to_escaped_for_sql_like)
       end
       
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ class Pool < ActiveRecord::Base
     select_value_sql("SELECT name FROM pools WHERE id = ?", id)
   end
   
+  def self.options
+    select_all_sql("SELECT id, name FROM pools WHERE is_active = true AND is_deleted = false ORDER BY name LIMIT 100").map {|x| [x["name"], x["id"]]}
+  end
+  
   def self.create_anonymous
     Pool.new do |pool|
       pool.name = "TEMP:#{Time.now.to_f}.#{rand(1_000_000)}"

app/views/pool_elements/_new.html.erb

@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
 <div id="c-pool-elements">
   <div id="a-new">
-    <%= form_tag(pool_element_path) do %>
+    <%= form_tag(pool_element_path, :class => "simple_form") do %>
       <%= hidden_field_tag "post_id", @post.id %>
-      <%= text_field_tag "pool_name", "", :size => 20 %>
+
-      <%= submit_tag "Select" %>
+      <div class="input">
+        <label>Pool</label>
+        <%= select_tag "pool_id", options_for_select([["", ""]] + Pool.options) %>
+      </div>
+      
+      <div class="input">
+        <label>Pool Name</label>
+        <%= text_field_tag "pool_name", "", :size => 20 %>
+        <span class="hint">Type the first two characters of a pool name</span>
+      </div>
+      
+      <div class="input">
+        <%= submit_tag "Select" %>
+      </div>
     <% end %>
 
     <% if recent_updated_pools.any? %>