Rails + Simple Form - Create a form with two buttons?

Question

I'm trying to create a form with two buttons. One would be the submit button, but I would also like to have a second button that would allow creating a required element of the form if it does not exist already.

Something like this:

<%= simple_form_for @class do |f| %>
  <%= f.input :title %>
  <%= f.association :teacher %>
  <%= f.button :new_teacher, new_teacher_path, "Add a Teacher" %>
  <%= f.button :submit %>
<% end %>

What I want to happen when the :new_teacher button is clicked is for the new teacher view to open, the user would then fill that out, submit it, and return to creating the class. Is there a sane way to do this?

This is mostly a design issue, it feels like the button should be "within" the form, so that if the user runs into a missing item while filling out the form s/he can easily create it.

The other way around, class Class belongs_to class Teacher. — dlu
– dlu, Commented Feb 22, 2016 at 6:52

dlu · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-22 06:06:33Z

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One solution that I've found is to use the link_to helper with the link styled as a button. Like this:

<%= link_to 'Add a Teacher', new_teacher_path, :class => 'button' %>

I tried using button_to instead of link_to and it appears that Simple Form is clever enough to notice that and assume that the button should operate within the context of the form, so I don't get the path I want.

answered Feb 22, 2016 at 6:06

dlu

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