I'm having a rather weird problem using Rails 4, Turbolinks and a remote form. I have a form looking like:
<%= form_for [object], remote: true do |f| %>
<td><%= f.text_field :name, class: 'form-control' %></td>
<td><%= f.email_field :email, class: 'form-control' %></td>
<td><%= f.submit button_name, class: 'btn btn-sm btn-primary' %></td>
<% end %>
This form adds (creates) a new object. It does however not always work:
- When I load the page directly using the URL or a refresh; it works
- When I navigate from my app to this page; it fails
When disabling Turbolinks for this link, the page worked perfectly.
I have two questions:
- Why doesn't this work? Is this because the remote handlers aren't attached to the button because of a JQuery/Turbolinks problem?
- How can I work around this problem?
Thanks in advance.
Solution
Thanks to @rich-peck, the solution was to add a piece of javascript that manually submits the form upon clicking the button:
<%= javascript_tag do %>
var id = "#<%= dom_id(f.object) %>";
var inputs = $(id).parent().find('input');
console.log(inputs);
$(id).parent().find('button').on('click', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$(id).append(inputs.clone());
$(id).submit();
});
<% end %>
This code adds javascript to the form table row, getting the inputs, appending them to the ID and submitting the form. The preventDefault(); prevents the query from getting sent twice when the page is refreshed and the form actually works.