How is the old "command" way bad for i18n? OK, maybe it's not as automatic as a button, but Javascript can get around that, right?
-Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Zetterberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 5:29 PM Subject: [OS-webwork] Forms with multiple submit buttons - suggestion > Hi, > > Every now and then somebody asks the list how to deal with forms where they > have multiple submit buttons. Depending on the clicked button one want > different commands executed or different actions. > The suggested solutions are usually to set the name of the button to > "command" and the value to the command to execute. This only works for non > i18n cases, and does not work if you want different actions to execute. The > other easy way is to use client javascript to set the form action, but many > people do not like that either. > > I have a solution where the name of the submit button is used to specify the > action/command to execute. Example: > > <form action="_wwaction_com.package.DefaultAction.action" method="POST"> > <input type=submit name="_wwaction_com.package.MyAction" value="Localized > message"> > <input type=submit name="_wwaction_com.package.OtherAction!someCommand" > value="Another message"> > </form> > > This is implemented in a few lines of code in the ServletDispatcher > getActionName method that looks for the "_wwaction_" string. This means that > the selected action/command will also be used to look up the view that the > dispatcher forwards to. > > You may note that the form's action is also specified with the _wwaction_ > syntax. This is because the submit buttons name/value is not always sent > with the form if the user submitted using the enter key (in some browsers). > The other reason for it is that there should be no performance loss for > forms that do not use this feature. The implementation needs to search the > parameters for one starting with _wwaction_, but will only do this if the > form action starts with _wwaction_. > > I suggest we add this to the WW1.x code base. Any objections to this? > > Cheers, > > Dick Zetterberg > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 > _______________________________________________ > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Opensymphony-webwork mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork
