# Call Action on button Click

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/call-action-on-button-click/186570>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 9, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/call-action-on-button-click/186570 "2010-04-09T02:02:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ashwin\_V](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ashwin\_V](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ashwin_V)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/call-action-on-button-click/186570/1 "2010-04-09T02:02:09Z")

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Very simple question.

How do i have just a simple button without a form , which calls an  
action on Click.

Ashwin

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**Author:** ![Ashwin\_V](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ashwin\_V](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ashwin_V)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/call-action-on-button-click/186570/2 "2010-04-09T03:53:24Z")

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I think by definition buttons exist in forms. Perhaps Javascript using  
the  
call “onClick”.

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**Author:** ![Ashwin\_V](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ashwin\_V](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ashwin_V)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/call-action-on-button-click/186570/3 "2010-04-09T03:58:40Z")

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“Ashwin V.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote in  
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> Very simple question.
> 
> How do i have just a simple button without a form , which calls an  
> action on Click.

I think you want button\_to, which works pretty much just like link\_to.  
It  
actually creates an html form that has just one button and nothing else.

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**Author:** ![Ashwin\_V](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ashwin\_V](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ashwin_V)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/call-action-on-button-click/186570/4 "2010-04-09T18:26:38Z")

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Thanks a lot Charles , Joe