I see some issues similar but they seem contrived and mostly for previous versions of Rails.
What is the simplest way to submit a form with an anchor tag (link) instead
I often use js/jquery to submit forms. It's very useful if the submit button is outside of the form or if there is more than one button that submits the same form.
$(".submit-btn").click(function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
$("#form-id").submit();
});
The event.preventDefault();
prevents the default button/submit behaviour.
Here is a coffeescript example I have used in a rails 4 project:
ready = ->
if $("#form-id").length > 0
$(".submit-btn").click (event) ->
event.preventDefault()
$("#form-id").submit()
$(document).ready ready
$(document).on "page:load", ready
Also note, this way the link can be any type of element - not necessarily a submit button. You do not have to have the submit button inside the form, but if you do the preventDefault
will prevent the default form submission behaviour.