link_to submit form value 2

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Hi to all,

I'd like to pass with a link to values inside some form. I've read in other posts that it's possible if i include the forms inside a html <div>... So here it's my code of the view :

<div id="study"> <table>         <tr><td><label for="study_titolo">Titolo di studio</label></td></tr>         <tr><td><label for="study_istituto">Istituto</label></td><td><label for="study_conseguito">Data di conseguimento</label></td><td><label for="study_voto">Voto/giudizio</label></td></tr>         <tr><td><%= text_field 'study', 'istituto'%></td><td><%= date_select 'study', 'conseguito', {:include_blank => true}%></td><td><%= text_field 'study', 'voto'%></td></tr> </table> </div>

<%=link_to "Aggiungi", { :controller => "studies", :action=> "create", :id_nominee => @nominee.id, :study => @study}, :submit => 'study', :html => { :method => :post} %>

where in submit value of Link_to i've specified the div id. When i click on link_to no forms values are passed.... Can somebody help me???

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Hi to all,

I'd like to pass with a link to values inside some form. I've read in other posts that it's possible if i include the forms inside a html <div>...

That sounds made up to me. Links (without javascript help) don't submit forms. if you have to have a link that submits a form, by far the easiest way is to have a link whose onclick is $ ('some_form').submit() (link_to_function makes this easy).

Fred

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Frederick Cheung wrote:

Hi to all,

I'd like to pass with a link to values inside some form. I've read in other posts that it's possible if i include the forms inside a html <div>...

That sounds made up to me. Links (without javascript help) don't submit forms. if you have to have a link that submits a form, by far the easiest way is to have a link whose onclick is $ ('some_form').submit() (link_to_function makes this easy).

Fred

hi Fred, this is the topic Submitting form with link_to - Rails - Ruby-Forum where i've read the suggestion... So i was searching the right syntax for doing that, i'll try to know more about link_to_function, but i'd like to know if it's really possible in the other way, cause i've found more than one person that suggest that way... Tanks for your reply

Andrea

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Frederick Cheung wrote:

Hi to all,

I'd like to pass with a link to values inside some form. I've read
in other posts that it's possible if i include the forms inside a html <div>...

That sounds made up to me. Links (without javascript help) don't submit forms. if you have to have a link that submits a form, by far the easiest way is to have a link whose onclick is $ ('some_form').submit() (link_to_function makes this easy).

Fred

hi Fred, this is the topic Submitting form with link_to - Rails - Ruby-Forum where
i've read the suggestion...

That's just wrong. Probably confused by the fact that link_to_remote
does take a :submit option (which should be the id of a form element)

Fred

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Andrea Campagna wrote:

<%=link_to "Aggiungi", { :controller => "studies", :action=> "create", :id_nominee => @nominee.id, :study => @study}, :submit => 'study', :html => { :method => :post} %>

where in submit value of Link_to i've specified the div id. When i click on link_to no forms values are passed.... Can somebody help me???

I am doing the exact thing that you are asking about the only difference is that I am using a link_to_remote, here is my code:

<%= link_to_remote('<span>Save</span>',   {:submit => "car_prefs", :update => 'account_car_prefs',    :complete => 'new Effect.Pulsate(\'account_car_prefs\');',    :url => {:action => 'car_prefs', :id => @account.id}},   :class => "squarebutton") %>

My car_prefs div encapsulates all the textfields and dropdowns and then the :complete just updates another div - account_car_prefs - when the action has completed. You might also try looking at the source to make sure that the html is being generated properly, I say this because it seems more often then not, for me, that I always get the { } put in the wrong place when using additional options and you can also tell if you are using them wrong because the html doesn't get formed right.

-S

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Shandy Nantz wrote:

<%= link_to_remote('<span>Save</span>',   {:submit => "car_prefs", :update => 'account_car_prefs',    :complete => 'new Effect.Pulsate(\'account_car_prefs\');',    :url => {:action => 'car_prefs', :id => @account.id}},   :class => "squarebutton") %>

My car_prefs div encapsulates all the textfields and dropdowns and then the :complete just updates another div - account_car_prefs - when the action has completed. You might also try looking at the source to make sure that the html is being generated properly, I say this because it seems more often then not, for me, that I always get the { } put in the wrong place when using additional options and you can also tell if you are using them wrong because the html doesn't get formed right.

-S

Hi Shandy,

really thanks for your reply.... NOw it works!!! I was really SAD for the first answer :smiley: now i'm better

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Shandy Nantz wrote:

<%= link_to_remote('<span>Save</span>', {:submit => "car_prefs", :update => 'account_car_prefs',   :complete => 'new Effect.Pulsate(\'account_car_prefs\');',   :url => {:action => 'car_prefs', :id => @account.id}}, :class => "squarebutton") %>

My car_prefs div encapsulates all the textfields and dropdowns and
then the :complete just updates another div - account_car_prefs - when the action has completed. You might also try looking at the source to
make sure that the html is being generated properly, I say this because it seems more often then not, for me, that I always get the { } put in
the wrong place when using additional options and you can also tell if
you are using them wrong because the html doesn't get formed right.

-S

Hi Shandy,

really thanks for your reply.... NOw it works!!! I was really SAD for the first answer :smiley: now i'm better

Just so you're aware, the above does rely on javascript and the
prototype libraries - it won't work without javascript.

Fred