This is for bootsrap theme but shouldn't be dificult to change for other themes:
$("#id_client_field_box label").append(" <a onclick='javascript:addOption(\"/clients/addOption\",\"field-id_client\",\"Enter client name\");' class='btn default btn-sm pull-right
'> new </a>");
function addOption(url,selectid,msg){
var value = prompt(msg);
if (value != null){
$.post( url, {"value": value } , function() { }) .done(function(data) {
data = $.parseJSON(data);
if(data.status=="ok"){
$("#"+selectid).append("<option value='"+data.id+"'>"+value+"</option>");
$('#'+selectid).val(data.id); $('#'+selectid).trigger("liszt:updated");
}else{
alert( "error" );
}
},'json') .fail(function() {
alert( "error " );
});
}
}
public function addOption(){
$data = array("name"=>$this->input->post("value"));
$this->db->insert("client",$data);
echo json_encode(array("id"=>$this->db->insert_id(),"status"=>"ok"));
}
