selecting the group from the ask followers modal works now.

app/assets/javascripts/questionbox/all.coffee

@@ -3,11 +3,18 @@ $(document).on "click", "button[name=qb-all-ask]", ->
   btn.button "loading"
   $("textarea[name=qb-all-question]").attr "readonly", "readonly"
 
+  rcptSelect = ($ 'select[name=qb-all-rcpt]')
+
+  rcpt = if rcptSelect.length > 0
+           rcptSelect.first().val()
+         else
+           'followers'
+
   $.ajax
     url: '/ajax/ask'
     type: 'POST'
     data:
-      rcpt: "followers"
+      rcpt: rcpt
       question: $("textarea[name=qb-all-question]").val()
       anonymousQuestion: false
     success: (data, status, jqxhr) ->

app/controllers/ajax/question_controller.rb

@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@ class Ajax::QuestionController < ApplicationController
           Inbox.create!(user_id: f.id, question_id: question.id, new: true)
         end
       end
+    elsif params[:rcpt].start_with? 'grp:'
+      unless current_user.nil?
+        begin
+          current_user.groups.find_by_name!(params[:rcpt].sub 'grp:', '').members.each do |m|
+            Inbox.create!(user_id: m.user.id, question_id: question.id, new: true)
+          end
+        rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
+          @status = :not_found
+          @message = "Group not found"
+          @success = false
+          return
+        end
+      end
     else
       Inbox.create!(user_id: params[:rcpt], question_id: question.id, new: true)
     end

app/models/group.rb

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class Group < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   before_validation do
     self.name = self.display_name.downcase.sub(/\s+/, '-')
+    self.name = 'group-followers' if self.name == 'followers'
   end
 
   alias members group_members

app/views/shared/_modal_ask_followers.html.haml

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
         - if current_user.groups.count > 0
           %label
             Choose group:
-            %select{name: 'qb-all-target', class: 'form-control', autocomplete: 'off'}
-              %option{value: '_followers', selected: true} Followers
+            %select{name: 'qb-all-rcpt', class: 'form-control', autocomplete: 'off'}
+              %option{value: 'followers', selected: true} Followers
               %optgroup{label: 'Groups'}
                 - current_user.groups.each do |group|
-                  %option{value: group.name}= group.display_name
+                  %option{value: "grp:#{group.name}"}= group.display_name
         %button.btn.btn-default{"data-dismiss" => "modal", :type => "button"} Cancel
         %button.btn.btn-primary{name: 'qb-all-ask', :type => "button", data: {loading_text: 'Asking...' }} Ask