Front-End Web Development: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

Deleting a Sighting

Every so often a reported cryptid sighting turns out to be a hoax. While this may be rare, you do need a way to delete old or debunked data. Recall from Chapter 21 that destroying records is achieved by calling record.destroyRecord. Simple enough.

Make it so: Add a delete button to your template in app/templates/sighting/edit.hbs.

  <button type="submit" class="btn btn-info btn-block">Update</button>
  <button {{action 'cancel'}} class="btn btn-block">Cancel</button>
</form>

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<button {{action 'delete'}} class="btn btn-block btn-danger">
  Delete
</button>

In addition to the new button, you added a horizontal rule (a simple line) between the form elements to separate the Update and Cancel buttons from the ...