# manipulating form

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/manipulating-form/47190>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [October 29, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/manipulating-form/47190 "2009-10-29T14:34:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@Zied](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Zied)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/manipulating-form/47190/1 "2009-10-29T14:34:35Z")

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Hi,

I work with forms and i won't to set a name for a form to use javascript functions.. How can i do

Thanks

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**Author:** ![11175](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/8edcca/32.png) [@11175](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11175)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/manipulating-form/47190/2 "2009-10-29T15:46:24Z")

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Hi Zied kh

> and i won't to set a name for a form to use

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Assuming this is "I want" \<form id="form\_name" name="form\_name"\>

Sijo

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**Author:** ![Zied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@Zied](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Zied)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/manipulating-form/47190/3 "2009-11-04T10:18:40Z")

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hi Sijo k g

But, using rails form 🙂

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**Author:** ![Con](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Con](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Con)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/manipulating-form/47190/4 "2009-11-04T10:46:20Z")

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> Hi,
> 
> I work with forms and i won’t to set a name for a form to use
> 
> javascript functions…
> 
> How can i do
> 
> Thanks

Zied, you can do the following:

\<% form\_for some\_object, :url =\> { :action =\> do\_something }, :html =\> { :name =\> “some\_name” } do |form| % \>

…

\<% end %\>

BTW, this information could have been found by going to [api.rubyonrails.org](http://api.rubyonrails.org).

Good luck,

-Conrad

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**Author:** ![11175](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/8edcca/32.png) [@11175](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11175)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/manipulating-form/47190/5 "2009-11-04T10:50:06Z")

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Hi Zied kh

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You can check form\_for, form\_tag,.. helpers in api.rubyonrails.org

As an example with form\_tag you can specify id like

\<% form\_tag(@sales\_order,{:id =\> 'this\_is\_form\_id'}) do %\>

Sijo