[Zope] two submit buttons/ one method

[Harry Wilkinson]

On Thursday 09 May 2002 3:22 am, John Hunter wrote:
> I have a form with two submit buttons.  Rather than call two different
> methods as in
>
>   <form action="" method="post">
>     ...
>     <input type="submit" name="some_func:method" value="Button 1">
>     <input type="submit" name="some_other_func:method" value="Button 2">
>   </form>
>
> I would like each button to call the same function, but with a
> different value for a variable.  Something like:
>
>   <form action="" method="post">
>     ...
>     <input type="hidden" name="somevar" value="someval">
>     <input type="submit" name="some_func:method" value="Button 1">
>     <input type="hidden" name="somevar" value="someotherval">
>     <input type="submit" name="some_func:method" value="Button 2">
>   </form>
>
> But this doesn't work.
>
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks,
> John Hunter

I do this with JavaScript.  Use a hidden input tag to store the variable, and 
call a function (with your parameters) on the click event of your button 
which sets the parameters in the request and submits the form.

It's not the greatest solution, but it works.  I need to use JavaScript 
anyway since my buttons aren't in the same frame as the form.


Harry