Actually close the publisher on and with Publisher.close()

app/views/shared/_publisher.html.haml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
           #publisher_textarea_wrapper
             %ul#photodropzone
             = status.text_area :fake_message, :rows => 2, :value => h(params[:prefill])
-            = status.hidden_field :message, :value => ''
+            = status.hidden_field :message, :value => '', :class => 'clear_on_submit'
 
       - for aspect_id in @aspect_ids
         = hidden_field_tag 'aspect_ids[]', aspect_id.to_s

public/javascripts/publisher.js

@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ var Publisher = {
   close: function(){
     Publisher.form().addClass('closed');
     Publisher.form().find(".options_and_submit").hide();
-         },
+    Publisher.form().find("textarea").css('min-height', '');
+  },
   open: function(){
     Publisher.form().removeClass('closed');
     Publisher.form().find(".options_and_submit").show();
+    Publisher.form().find("textarea").css('min-height', '42px');
   },
   cachedForm : false,
   form: function(){
@@ -133,6 +135,9 @@ var Publisher = {
           }
         }
       },
+      clear: function(){
+        this.mentions = [];
+      },
       destroyMentionAt : function(effectiveCursorIndex){
 
         var mentionIndex = this.mentionAt(effectiveCursorIndex);
@@ -245,6 +250,11 @@ var Publisher = {
       Publisher.oldInputContent = Publisher.input().val();
     }
   },
+  clear: function(){
+    this.autocompletion.mentionList.clear();
+    $("#photodropzone").find('li').remove();
+    $("#publisher textarea").removeClass("with_attachments");
+  },
   initialize: function() {
     Publisher.cachedForm = false;
     Publisher.cachedInput = false;
@@ -266,7 +276,6 @@ var Publisher = {
     Publisher.input().keyup(Publisher.autocompletion.keyUpHandler);
     Publisher.form().find("textarea").bind("focus", function(evt) {
       Publisher.open();
-      $(this).css('min-height', '42px');
     });
   }
 };

public/javascripts/rails.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ $.fn.clearForm = function() {
     if ($(this).is('form')) {
       return $(':input', this).clearForm();
     }
-    if ($(this).is(':text') || $(this).is(':password') || $(this).is('textarea')) {
+    if ($(this).hasClass('clear_on_submit') || $(this).is(':text') || $(this).is(':password') || $(this).is('textarea')) {
       $(this).val('');
     } else if ($(this).is(':checkbox') || $(this).is(':radio')) {
       $(this).attr('checked', false);

public/javascripts/stream.js

@@ -73,9 +73,8 @@ var Stream = {
       json = $.parseJSON(json);
       WebSocketReceiver.addPostToStream(json.post_id, json.html);
       //collapse publisher
-      $("#publisher").addClass("closed");
-      $("#photodropzone").find('li').remove();
-      $("#publisher textarea").removeClass("with_attachments");
+      Publisher.close();
+      Publisher.clear();
     });
 
     $(".new_status_message").bind('ajax:failure', function(data, html, xhr) {

spec/javascripts/rails-spec.js

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ describe("rails", function() {
           '<form accept-charset="UTF-8" id="form" action="/status_messages" data-remote="true"  method="post">' +
             '<textarea id="status_message_message" name="status_message[message]">Some status message</textarea>' +
             '<input type="submit">' +
+            '<input id="standard_hidden" type="hidden" value="keep this value">' +
+            '<input id="clearable_hidden" type="hidden" class="clear_on_submit" value="clear this value">' +
           '</form>'
       );
     });
@@ -14,9 +16,17 @@ describe("rails", function() {
     });
     it("should clear form on ajax:success", function() {
       $('#form').trigger('ajax:success');
-      
+
       expect($('#status_message_message').val()).toEqual("");
-    
+
     });
+    it('should not clear normal hidden fields', function(){
+      $('#form').trigger('ajax:success');
+      expect($('#standard_hidden').val()).toEqual("keep this value");
+    })
+    it('should clear hidden fields marked clear_on_submit', function(){
+      $('#form').trigger('ajax:success');
+      expect($('#clearable_hidden').val()).toEqual("");
+    })
   });
-});
+});