On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 14:54 +1100, Gordon Yeong wrote:
> Thanks craig but my mistake, guys.
>
> I meant the "id" attribute.
>
> Hence, we'll get two submit buttons:
>
> <input id="search_submit" name="commit" type="submit" value="Search" />
> (first form)
>
>
> <input id="search_submit" name="commit" type="submit" value="Search" />
> (second form)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 17 March 2010 14:51, Craig White <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 20:44 -0700, ct9a wrote:
> > hi, guys,
> >
> > I have an app which has two forms on the page.
> >
> > Both forms are based on a "search" model.
> > 1) Search by keyword only (hence, only 1 element being
> "keyword")
> > 2) Search by a few different attributes (including keyword).
> > Attributes are such as price, brand and make.
> >
> > When constructing a search form, "form_for" will be used.
> Here's an
> > extract from one of them:
> > -------------------- Extract start
> >
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > <% form_for :search, :url => search_path, :html => {:method
> => "get"}
> > do |f| %>
> > <div id="category_div">
> > <%= render :partial => 'search/categories' %>
> > </div>
> > <p>
> > <%= f.label :title_like, "Brand" %>
> > <%= f.text_field :brand_like %>
> > </p>
> >
> > ...
> > <p>
> > <%= f.label :title_like, "Keyword" %>
> > <%= f.text_field :title_like %>
> > </p>
> > <p>
> > <%= f.submit 'Search' %>
> > </p>
> > <% end %>
> > -------------------- Extract end
> >
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > Now, when the page loads, there are two search forms and
> both of them
> > will have submit buttons with identical names being
> "search_submit".
> >
> > This will obviously cause a failure in the w3c html
> validator due to
> > the identical elements appearing more than once in a page.
> >
> > 1) Is there any way we can specify the name of a given
> submit button?
> > 2) Is there an alternative such that I can still maintain
> two search
> > forms in the same page?
> >
>
> ----
> f.submit 'Search Categories'
>
> f.submit 'Search Something Else'
----
untested but I think should work but I got the impression that the 'id'
if not specified would dynamically pick from the action and the name.
<% form_for :search, :url => search_path, :html => {:method =>
"get", :id => "something"} do |f| %>
Craig
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