Ajax in the contacts for mentioning after page load

app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class AspectsController < ApplicationController
       all_selected_people = Person.joins(:contacts => :aspect_memberships).
         where(:contacts => {:user_id => current_user.id},
               :aspect_memberships => {:aspect_id => aspect_ids})
-      @selected_people = all_selected_people.select("DISTINCT people.*").includes(:profile)
+      @selected_people = all_selected_people.select("DISTINCT people.*").limit(20).includes(:profile)
     end
 
     @aspect_ids = @aspects.map { |a| a.id }

app/controllers/contacts_controller.rb

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ class ContactsController < ApplicationController
     if params[:a_id]
       @aspect_ = current_user.aspects.find(params["a_id"])
       @contacts = @aspect_.contacts.includes(:aspects, :person => :profile).order('profiles.last_name ASC').paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => 25)
+    elsif params[:aspect_ids] && request.format == "json"
+      @people = Person.joins(:contacts => :aspect_memberships).
+        where(:contacts => {:user_id => current_user.id},
+              :aspect_memberships => {:aspect_id => params[:aspect_ids]})
+      render :json => @people.to_json
     elsif params[:set] == "only_sharing"
       @contacts = current_user.contacts.only_sharing.includes(:aspects, :person => :profile).order('profiles.last_name ASC').paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => 25)
     elsif params[:set] != "all"

app/views/shared/_publisher.html.haml

@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 #publisher.closed{:class => ((aspect == :profile)? 'mention_popup' : nil )}
   .content_creation
     = form_for(StatusMessage.new, :remote => true, :html => {"data-type" => "json"}) do |status|
-      - if @selected_people
-        = hidden_field_tag :contact_json, @selected_people.to_json
       = status.error_messages
       %p
         %params
@@ -52,6 +50,8 @@
           .facebox_content
             #question_mark_pane
               = render 'shared/public_explain'
+    = link_to '', contacts_path(:aspect_ids => aspect_ids), :class => 'selected_contacts_link hidden'
+
 
     #publisher_photo_upload
       = render 'photos/new_photo', :aspect_ids => aspect_ids.join(',')

public/javascripts/publisher.js

@@ -254,15 +254,16 @@ var Publisher = {
         return '';
       }
     },
-    contactsJSON: function(){
-      return $.parseJSON($('#contact_json').val());
-    },
     initialize: function(){
-      Publisher.input().autocomplete(Publisher.autocompletion.contactsJSON(),
+      $.getJSON($("#publisher .selected_contacts_link").attr("href"), undefined ,
+        function(data){
+          Publisher.input().autocomplete(data,
             Publisher.autocompletion.options());
           Publisher.input().result(Publisher.autocompletion.selectItemCallback);
           Publisher.oldInputContent = Publisher.input().val();
         }
+      );
+    }
   },
   determineSubmitAvailability: function(){
     var onlyWhitespaces = (Publisher.input().val().trim() === '');

spec/controllers/contacts_controller_spec.rb

@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ describe ContactsController do
       contacts.to_set.should == bob.contacts.to_set
     end
 
+    it 'will return the contacts for multiple aspects' do
+      get :index, :aspect_ids => bob.aspect_ids, :format => 'json'
+      assigns[:people].should == bob.contacts.map(&:person)
+      response.should be_success
+    end
+
     it "generates a jasmine fixture", :fixture => true do
       get :index
       save_fixture(html_for("body"), "aspects_manage")