Toggling a Div On/Off and Setting Default State
In order to have a section of a webpage toggle on and off, I need to use the toggle function that is provided by jquery.
In this example, the search partial is turned on or off with the Hide/Show Search link. When you first visit the page, the partial is shown.
<%= link_to_function 'Hide/Show Search', "$('#search').toggle()" %><%= render 'search' %>
However, I wanted the page to default to the search partial not being shown. To do that, add the style to the div as below.
<%= link_to_function 'Hide/Show Search', "$('#search').toggle()" %>