(Quick Reference)
submitToRemote
Purpose
Creates a button that submits the containing form as a remote Ajax call, serializing the fields into parameters.
Examples
Example controller for an application called "shop":
class BookController { def list() {
[books: Book.list(params)]
} def show() {
[book: Book.get(params.id)]
}
}Example usages for above controller:
<g:form action="show">
Login: <input name="login" type="text" />
<g:submitToRemote update="updateMe" />
</g:form><div id="updateMe">this div will be updated with the form submit response</div>Description
This tag creates a submit button that fires an AJAX request when it is pressed. The exact Javascript used to fire off the AJAX request depends on which Javascript library is used. This tag also requires the use of either the <g:
javascript/> or <g:
setProvider/> tags. See the
AJAX section of the user guide to find out more.
Attributes
url - The url to submit to, either a map contraining keys for the action, controller and id or a string valueupdate (optional) - Either a Map containing the elements to update for 'success' or 'failure' states, or a string with the element id to update, in which case failure events would be ignoredbefore (optional) - The JavaScript function to call before the remote function call. A semi-colon is automatically added so you don't have to provide one yourself in this string.after (optional) - The JavaScript function to call after the remote function call. A semi-colon is automatically added so you don't have to provide one yourself in this string.asynchronous (optional) - Whether to do the call asynchronously (defaults to true)method (optional) - The method to use the execute the call (defaults to POST)
Events
onSuccess (optional) - The JavaScript function to call if successfulonFailure (optional) - The JavaScript function to call if the call failson_ERROR_CODE (optional) - The JavaScript function to call to handle the specified error code (eg on404="alert('not found!')")onUninitialized (optional) - The JavaScript function to call if Ajax fails to initialiseonLoading (optional) - The JavaScript function to call when the remote function loads the responseonLoaded (optional) - The JavaScript function to call when the remote function completes loading the responseonComplete (optional) - The JavaScript function to call when the remote function completes, including any updates
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