activeadmin-quill_editor/docs/guide-update-your-app.md

Migration Guide: ActiveAdmin Tom Select (Tailwind v4)

This guide helps you migrate from activeadmin-searchable_select to activeadmin-tom_select on ActiveAdmin 4.0.0.beta20 with Tailwind CSS v4.

Quick Start (New Installation)

# Gem
bundle add activeadmin-tom_select

# NPM
npm install activeadmin-tom_select tom-select

Why Update?

• Tom Select replaces Select2 (no jQuery)
• ActiveAdmin 4.0.0.beta20 compatible (requires Rails 7.2+)
• Tailwind CSS v4 styles included
• Auto-init helpers for searchable selects
• Ruby 3.2+ and 4.0 compatible

1. Update Gemfile

# Remove legacy gem(s)
# gem "activeadmin-searchable_select"
# gem "rs-activeadmin-searchable_select"

gem "activeadmin-tom_select", "~> 4.1.0"

2. Update JavaScript Dependencies

npm uninstall @codevise/activeadmin-searchable_select activeadmin-searchable_select jquery select2
npm install activeadmin-tom_select tom-select

3. JavaScript Imports

import "@activeadmin/activeadmin";

import TomSelect from "tom-select";
window.TomSelect = TomSelect;

import { setupAutoInit } from "activeadmin-tom_select";
setupAutoInit();

4. Tailwind CSS Build (ActiveAdmin 4.0.0.beta20)

4.1 Tailwind Input

/* app/assets/stylesheets/active_admin.tailwind.css */
@import "tailwindcss";
@config "../../../tailwind-active_admin.config.mjs";

@import "activeadmin-tom_select/css";

4.2 Tailwind Config (ESM)

// tailwind-active_admin.config.mjs
import { execSync } from "child_process";
import activeAdminPlugin from "@activeadmin/activeadmin/plugin";

const activeAdminPath = execSync("bundle show activeadmin", {
  encoding: "utf-8"
}).trim();

export default {
  content: [
    `${activeAdminPath}/vendor/javascript/flowbite.js`,
    `${activeAdminPath}/plugin.js`,
    `${activeAdminPath}/app/views/**/*.{arb,erb,html,rb}`,
    "./app/admin/**/*.{arb,erb,html,rb}",
    "./app/views/active_admin/**/*.{arb,erb,html,rb}",
    "./app/views/admin/**/*.{arb,erb,html,rb}",
    "./app/views/layouts/active_admin*.{erb,html}",
    "./app/javascript/**/*.js"
  ],
  darkMode: "selector",
  plugins: [activeAdminPlugin]
};

4.3 Tailwind Build Tasks

# lib/tasks/active_admin.rake
namespace :active_admin do
  desc "Build Active Admin Tailwind stylesheets"
  task build: :environment do
    command = [
      Rails.root.join("bin/tailwindcss").to_s,
      "-i", Rails.root.join("app/assets/stylesheets/active_admin.tailwind.css").to_s,
      "-o", Rails.root.join("app/assets/builds/active_admin.css").to_s,
      "-m"
    ]

    system(*command, exception: true)
  end

  desc "Watch Active Admin Tailwind stylesheets"
  task watch: :environment do
    command = [
      Rails.root.join("bin/tailwindcss").to_s,
      "--watch",
      "-i", Rails.root.join("app/assets/stylesheets/active_admin.tailwind.css").to_s,
      "-o", Rails.root.join("app/assets/builds/active_admin.css").to_s,
      "-m"
    ]

    system(*command, exception: true)
  end
end

Rake::Task["assets:precompile"].enhance(["active_admin:build"])
Rake::Task["spec:prepare"].enhance(["active_admin:build"]) if Rake::Task.task_defined?("spec:prepare")
Rake::Task["db:test:prepare"].enhance(["active_admin:build"]) if Rake::Task.task_defined?("db:test:prepare")

4.4 package.json scripts

{
  "scripts": {
    "build:js": "esbuild app/javascript/*.* --bundle --sourcemap --format=esm --outdir=app/assets/builds --public-path=/assets",
    "build:css": "bundle exec rake active_admin:build",
    "build": "npm run build:js && npm run build:css",
    "watch:css": "bundle exec rake active_admin:watch"
  }
}

4.5 Tailwind CLI binstub

bundle binstubs tailwindcss-ruby --force

5. Importmap (Optional)

# config/importmap.rb
pin "tom-select", to: "https://ga.jspm.io/npm:tom-select@2.4.3/dist/js/tom-select.complete.min.js"
pin "activeadmin-tom_select", to: "activeadmin-tom_select.js"

6. ActiveAdmin Usage

ActiveAdmin.register Product do
  form do |f|
    f.inputs do
      f.input :category, as: :searchable_select
      f.input :tags, as: :searchable_select, ajax: true, multiple: true
    end
    f.actions
  end

  filter :category, as: :searchable_select
  filter :tags, as: :searchable_select, ajax: true, multiple: true
end

Troubleshooting

Styles missing

• Confirm app/assets/builds/active_admin.css exists.
• Verify active_admin.tailwind.css imports activeadmin-tom_select/css.

Tom Select not initializing

• Ensure window.TomSelect is set.
• Ensure setupAutoInit() runs.

ActiveAdmin 4.0.0.beta20 Notes (from upgrade guide)

Version Requirements:

• Rails 7.2+ (Rails 7.0 and 7.1 are no longer supported)
• Ruby 3.2+ (Ruby 3.0 and 3.1 are no longer supported)

Breaking Changes from earlier v4 betas:

• _site_header.html.erb container class changed from sticky to fixed.
• active_admin.html.erb adds the pt-16 utility class.
• Tailwind v4 requires @import "tailwindcss" + @config.
• jQuery and jQuery UI removed; columns and tabs components removed.
• Replace default_main_content with render "show_default".
• Replace as: :datepicker with as: :date_picker.
• Replace active_admin_comments with active_admin_comments_for(resource).
• Replace attributes_table with attributes_table_for(resource) in sidebars.

New in beta20:

• Parent menu item linking support
• Improved comments pagination styling
• Better vertical spacing for has-many forms
• Pointer cursor restored on eligible buttons
• Various accessibility improvements