how do you manually specify the name of a submit button?

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hi, guys,

  I have an app which has two forms on the page.

Both forms are based on a "search" model. 1) Search by keyword only (hence, only 1 element being "keyword") 2) Search by a few different attributes (including keyword). Attributes are such as price, brand and make.

When constructing a search form, "form_for" will be used. Here's an extract from one of them: -------------------- Extract start

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hi, guys,

  I have an app which has two forms on the page.

Both forms are based on a "search" model. 1) Search by keyword only (hence, only 1 element being "keyword") 2) Search by a few different attributes (including keyword). Attributes are such as price, brand and make.

When constructing a search form, "form_for" will be used. Here's an extract from one of them: -------------------- Extract start ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <% form_for :search, :url => search_path, :html => {:method => "get"} do |f| %> <div id="category_div">     <%= render :partial => 'search/categories' %>   </div>   <p>   <%= f.label :title_like, "Brand" %>   <%= f.text_field :brand_like %>   </p>

   ...   <p>   <%= f.label :title_like, "Keyword" %>   <%= f.text_field :title_like %>   </p>   <p>   <%= f.submit 'Search' %>   </p> <% end %> -------------------- Extract end -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Now, when the page loads, there are two search forms and both of them will have submit buttons with identical names being "search_submit".

This will obviously cause a failure in the w3c html validator due to the identical elements appearing more than once in a page.

1) Is there any way we can specify the name of a given submit button? 2) Is there an alternative such that I can still maintain two search forms in the same page?

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Thanks craig but my mistake, guys.

I meant the “id” attribute.

Hence, we’ll get two submit buttons:

<input id="search_submit" name="commit" type="submit" value="Search" /> (first form)

  <input id="search_submit" name="commit" type="submit" value="Search" /> (second form)
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Thanks craig but my mistake, guys.

I meant the "id" attribute.

Hence, we'll get two submit buttons:

<input id="search_submit" name="commit" type="submit" value="Search" /> (first form)

  <input id="search_submit" name="commit" type="submit" value="Search" /> (second form)

        > hi, guys,         >         > I have an app which has two forms on the page.         >         > Both forms are based on a "search" model.         > 1) Search by keyword only (hence, only 1 element being         "keyword")         > 2) Search by a few different attributes (including keyword).         > Attributes are such as price, brand and make.         >         > When constructing a search form, "form_for" will be used.         Here's an         > extract from one of them:         > -------------------- Extract start         >         -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------         > <% form_for :search, :url => search_path, :html => {:method         => "get"}         > do |f| %>         > <div id="category_div">         > <%= render :partial => 'search/categories' %>         > </div>         > <p>         > <%= f.label :title_like, "Brand" %>         > <%= f.text_field :brand_like %>         > </p>         >         > ...         > <p>         > <%= f.label :title_like, "Keyword" %>         > <%= f.text_field :title_like %>         > </p>         > <p>         > <%= f.submit 'Search' %>         > </p>         > <% end %>         > -------------------- Extract end         >         -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------         >         >         > Now, when the page loads, there are two search forms and         both of them         > will have submit buttons with identical names being         "search_submit".         >         > This will obviously cause a failure in the w3c html         validator due to         > the identical elements appearing more than once in a page.         >         > 1) Is there any way we can specify the name of a given         submit button?         > 2) Is there an alternative such that I can still maintain         two search         > forms in the same page?         >                  ----         f.submit 'Search Categories'                  f.submit 'Search Something Else'

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Gordon Yeong wrote:

Thanks craig but my mistake, guys.

I meant the "id" attribute.

Hence, we'll get two submit buttons:

  <input id="search_submit" name="commit" type="submit" value="Search" /> (first form)

  <input id="search_submit" name="commit" type="submit" value="Search" /> (second form)

Dear friend,

           Why can't use "submit_tag" in both partial and in the current form ? While using it , it won't have this id attribute.

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Smart idea! thank you. I will try it out and revert. Cheers!

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Problem solved. Thanks, Loganathan . W3C html validator is happy with the output generated.

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Thanks craig but my mistake, guys.

I meant the "id" attribute.

Hence, we'll get two submit buttons:

  <input id="search_submit" name="commit" type="submit" value="Search" /> (first form)

  <input id="search_submit" name="commit" type="submit" value="Search" /> (second form)

I can confirm that <%= f.submit "Search", :id => "a_search" %> <%= f.submit "Search", :id => "another_search" %> will give different id's and so keep the html valid

Colin

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bravo. another brilliant reply