HTML (or Rails) button code issue

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HTML (or Rails) button code issue

Hi there,

I'm struggling with the following problem: What's the correct HTML (and/or Rails) code for

a button that resides within a form, and
that should lead to a new page, but
should not submit anything (from the form)?

Basically, the button should work exactly like a hyperlink.

Thanks for your help!

Tom

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You might try the "button_to" tag: Rails API

Tim 2010-10-19 16:21:54

Unfortunately, this doesn't work: Usually, Rails would embed a submit button within an additional form. In my case, the button is already within a form, which apparently makes Rails drop the second additional form (probably because a form within a form is invalid HTML). Therefor, I'd end up with a submit button within a form, which POSTs the form - which should *not* happen...

TomDogg 2010-10-19 16:42:18

Good point, I should've anticipated that. Well, there are a couple hacks. You could have a button image within a link (link_to image_tag ...), or you could use html/javascript for input type=button and have the onclick redirect you to a different page.

Tim 2010-10-19 17:02:30

@Tim: Thanks - the javascript proposal is the best, given my conditions. In Rails speak, the code then become: button_to_function 'Go to new page' do |page| page.redirect_to whatever_path end

TomDogg 2010-10-19 18:59:27

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