Rails - Dec 2005 - help on submit_to_remote

hi,

read the API doc and made search with google but can''t get a precise
explanation on how submit_to_remote work.

can someone help on that?


thanks

> read the API doc and made search with google but can''t get a
precise
> explanation on how submit_to_remote work.
It creates a <button> tag that uses an XMLHttpRequest (boy, does that  
capitalization bother me) to submit the form the button''s contained  
in. Note that it''s different than a <submit>, since it
won''t do
anything if the user has JavaScript disabled. It can be used to  
submit the same form to two different actions, or using different  
params, by inserting two different submit_to_remote <button>s inside  
a single form with different a different value for the :url hash.

Example:
<form>
   <label for="field1">Field 1:</label> <input
id="field1"
type="text" name="field1" /><br />
   <label for="field2">Field 2:</label> <input
id="field2"
type="text" name="field2" /><br />
   <%= submit_to_remote ''button'',
''button1'', :url => { :action =>
''create'' } -%>
   <%= submit_to_remote ''button'',
''button2'', :url => { :action =>
''lookup'' } -%>
</form>

You''ll be able to check both @params[''button'']
(yielding either
''button1'' or ''button2'') or differentiate on
the action.

Hope this helps; feel free to ask if you have more questions.

-Ben

thanks Ben


On 12/31/05, Benjamin Stiglitz <ben@tanjero.com>
wrote:
> > read the API doc and made search with google but can''t get a
precise
> > explanation on how submit_to_remote work.
>
> It creates a <button> tag that uses an XMLHttpRequest (boy, does that
> capitalization bother me) to submit the form the button''s
contained
> in. Note that it''s different than a <submit>, since it
won''t do
> anything if the user has JavaScript disabled. It can be used to
> submit the same form to two different actions, or using different
> params, by inserting two different submit_to_remote <button>s inside
> a single form with different a different value for the :url hash.
>
> Example:
> <form>
>    <label for="field1">Field 1:</label> <input
id="field1"
> type="text" name="field1" /><br />
>    <label for="field2">Field 2:</label> <input
id="field2"
> type="text" name="field2" /><br />
>    <%= submit_to_remote ''button'',
''button1'', :url => { :action =>
> ''create'' } -%>
>    <%= submit_to_remote ''button'',
''button2'', :url => { :action =>
> ''lookup'' } -%>
> </form>
>
> You''ll be able to check both @params[''button'']
(yielding either
> ''button1'' or ''button2'') or
differentiate on the action.
>
> Hope this helps; feel free to ask if you have more questions.
>
> -Ben
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