Thanks for all the responses, I was able to fix the problem using html and ditching the formhelpers.
On Apr 9, 2:57 am, John Simons <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jake, > > You can still use the FormHelper to code the forms and use the same > action, here is an example: > > <div id="tab1"> > $Form.FormTag("%{id='form1', action='Prestage', > useCurrentRouteParams='true'}") > <fieldset> > <div>$Form.LabelFor("filePrestageData.File", 'File <em>*</em>') > $Form.TextField("filePrestageData.File", "%{id='myId1'}")</div> > <div class="buttonrow">$Form.Submit("Save", "%{class='button'}")</ > div> > </fieldset> > $Form.EndFormTag() > </div> > <div id="tab2"> > $Form.FormTag("%{id='form2', action='Prestage', > useCurrentRouteParams='true'}") > <fieldset> > <div>$Form.LabelFor("filePrestageData.File", 'File <em>*</em>') > $Form.TextField("filePrestageData.File", "%{id='myId2'}")</div> > <div class="buttonrow">$Form.Submit("Save", "%{class='button'}")</ > div> > </fieldset> > $Form.EndFormTag() > </div> > <div id="tab3"> > $Form.FormTag("%{id='form3', action='Prestage', > useCurrentRouteParams='true'}") > <fieldset> > <div>$Form.LabelFor("filePrestageData.File", 'File <em>*</em>') > $Form.TextField("filePrestageData.File", "%{id='myId3'}")</div> > <div class="buttonrow">$Form.Submit("Save", "%{class='button'}")</ > div> > </fieldset> > $Form.EndFormTag() > </div> > > As you can see in the example above, I'm telling the FormHelper what > id to use for the 'FORM' and 'INPUT' html elements. > > Does this help? > > Cheers > John > > On Apr 9, 4:37 pm, jake <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for the help, and somewhat rude comments. I was unaware that > > the monorail param binding was only by name, I was using the > > formhelpers, but just used html to code the form. > > > Thanks again, > > Jake > > > On Apr 8, 10:12 pm, Ken Egozi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Jake - notice the difference between id and name. > > > what gets posted from the Form to the server are values *by name*. > > > on the other hand, the element identifier in the DOM is id, which must be > > > singular on a web page. > > > > so > > > have your three forms, each with the same names for the fields, but with > > > different ids. > > > That is how you do web development. > > > > now as far as the endpoint on the server, my personal preference is that > > > if > > > you have different forms, they probably serve a slightly different > > > purpose, > > > and I'd have three controller actions (i'd even separate them by name) to > > > deal with them. > > > > On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 12:28 AM, John Simons > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Hi Jake, > > > > > I think you answered your own question, don't use the same action have > > > > an action per tab. > > > > Eg. > > > > public void ActionForTabs([DataBind("Tab1Data", Validate = > > > > true)]Tab1Data data){} > > > > > public void ActionForTabs([DataBind("Tab2Data", Validate = > > > > true)]Tab2Data data){} > > > > > public void ActionForTabs([DataBind("Tab3Data", Validate = > > > > true)]Tab3Data data){} > > > > > Does this help? > > > > > Cheers > > > > John > > > > > On Apr 9, 6:41 am, jake <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm having an issue with my webpage using javascript and monorail > > > > > param binding. I have a page the uses jquery UI to displaytabs, each > > > > > tab has a form that submits to the same action. The issue is that by > > > > > using the same action I am forced to create multiple elements with the > > > > > same ID. This is not only a bad practice, it breaks the javascript > > > > > used for form validation. Any Ideas? I've looked into using an > > > > > identifier, such as element1, element2, and then in my action binding > > > > > element by something like this: > > > > > > string element = Form["{regex match element%d}"] > > > > > > I'm looking for a solution that would be more elegant. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Jake > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups > > > > "Castle Project Users" group. > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<castle-project-users%[email protected]> > > > > . > > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > > > groups.google.com/group/castle-project-users?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups > > > > "Castle Project Users" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected] > > > > . > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<castle-project-users%[email protected]> > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/castle-project-users?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > Ken > > > Egozi.http://www.kenegozi.com/bloghttp://www.delver.comhttp://www.musicglue...כנס > > > הקהילתי הראשון למפתחי דוטנט - בואו בהמוניכם -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Castle Project Users" group. 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