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ymakux
ymakux

Reputation: 3485

Change form method depending on pressed button

I have a form containing filters and table with checkboxes for different "bulk" actions. Bulk actions should be posted via POST, filters - GET guery. I cannot use 2 different forms and don't want to post actions/filters using AJAX, so I decided to change the form METHOT attribute depending on which button is pressed.

$('button.filter').click(function(){
    $(this).closest('form').attr('method', 'get');
});

Basically it works, at least in Opera. I just wondering is this method correct? Any other solutions?

UPD: I decided to simple emulate GET request. Looks less hacky to me

$('thead :submit').click(function () {
    var params = $(this).closest('thead').find(':input[name]').filter(function () {
        return this.value !== "";
    }).serialize();

    if(params){
        window.location = window.location.href.split('?')[0] + '?' + params;
    }
    return false;
});

Upvotes: 0

Views: 517

Answers (1)

DobromirM
DobromirM

Reputation: 2027

You can use plain JavaScript if you don't want to use jQuery:

document.getElementById("form").method = "post";

Upvotes: 1

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