Insert form buttons outside a form

Question

Is there a Rails library that allows you to insert form buttons and use them as hyperlinks instead? I think I've seen it somewhere before.

Answer 1

Yes, you can use button_to, but in general it's not a great idea.

The button_to helper is implemented as a form POST by default, which means it's a bad choice for actions that aren't idempotent (i.e. regular GET actions). Stick to links as much as possible.