Adding an inline delete action on the listing page

This is the part III of the Phlex, htmx combo for building UIs.

Pretty similar to the insert action, it consist of:

• Edit ArticleComponent to add a delete button code.

• Add a delete route, if needed (not here).

• Add a controller method to handle the removal of the article using the id received.

  def template
    article(class: ARTICLE_STYLE, id: "article-#{@article.id}") {
      h3(class: HEADER_STYLE) {
        i { "#{@article.id} - #{@article.name}" }
      }
      p(class: "bg-slate-200 p-4 basis-3/4") { @article.details || "No description" }
        button(class: DELETE_BUTTON_STYLE,
          **hx(delete: article_path(@article), confirm: "Delete Article?", target: "#article-#{@article.id}", swap: "outerHTML swap:.5s")) {
          "X"
        }
      }
    }
  end

The new button inside the Phlex Article component

  def destroy
    Article.delete params[:id]
    render plain: ""
  end

The controller action

article.item-article.htmx-swapping {
    opacity: 0;
    transition: opacity 0.5s ease-out;
}

Some CSS for htmx effect

Note that it should return an empty string or it would not do the removal effect in the UI and JS would be needed.

It felt pretty easy to add this functionality. It start to looks good.

Next will be that inline edit action or some inline filtering of the items in the list.

Happy hacking!