# Button to remote

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/button-to-remote/107406>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 21, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/button-to-remote/107406 "2007-06-21T13:36:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![huang\_zhimin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/54ee81/32.png) [@huang\_zhimin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/huang_zhimin)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/button-to-remote/107406/1 "2007-06-21T13:36:02Z")

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Is there a tag that is a button but acts as link\_to\_remote?

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**Author:** ![huang\_zhimin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/54ee81/32.png) [@huang\_zhimin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/huang_zhimin)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/button-to-remote/107406/2 "2007-06-21T13:55:06Z")

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On 6/21/07, huang zhimin [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Is there a tag that is a button but acts as link\_to\_remote?
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> Check out submit\_to\_remote:  
> [Peak Obsession](http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/PrototypeHelper.html#M000532)

Grtz Gert

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**Author:** ![huang\_zhimin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/54ee81/32.png) [@huang\_zhimin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/huang_zhimin)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/button-to-remote/107406/3 "2007-06-21T14:24:11Z")

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It seems that submit\_to\_remote should be appear only in a form.  
But I like to put the buttons anywhere.

On 6/21/07, Gert G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

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**Author:** ![huang\_zhimin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/54ee81/32.png) [@huang\_zhimin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/huang_zhimin)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/button-to-remote/107406/4 "2007-06-21T14:57:15Z")

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On Jun 21, 7:35 am, “huang zhimin” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Is there a tag that is a button but acts as link\_to\_remote?

I didn’t see an exact solution for your problem in the docs, but you  
could start with button\_to\_function[1]

1:  
[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/JavaScriptHelper.html#M000631](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/JavaScriptHelper.html#M000631)