CODEWITHSUNDEEP
ruby-on-rails
user782220
user782220

Reputation: 11197

Rails button without form

As far as I can tell button_to is for submitting a form. Is there something in rails dedicated for buttons that just run some javascript on the client without sending anything to the server?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2939

Answers (3)

suresh gopal
suresh gopal

Reputation: 3156

Please try this:

you can call javascript function using onclick. It will not submit a form.

<%= submit_tag "Test me!", :type => 'button', :onclick => 'alert("It works!")' %>

Upvotes: 0

Prem
Prem

Reputation: 5974

If you want to run only javascript on client side, you can add plain html button and call some function to run your required javascript, by binding an event to that button. You dont need to use rails code at all.

Upvotes: 3

Tigraine
Tigraine

Reputation: 23678

That has nothing to do with rails but rather HTML.

You can always place normal HTML markup (like a <button> or a <a> on the form and make it trigger some action in JavaScript)

Sample:

<%= form_for(@post) do |f| %>
  ...
  <button id="clicktrigger">Click Me!</button>
<% end %>

Upvotes: 0

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