# Default form name in form\_for

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/default-form-name-in-form-for/169168>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 30, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/default-form-name-in-form-for/169168 "2009-05-30T18:59:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JannaB)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/default-form-name-in-form-for/169168/1 "2009-05-30T18:59:54Z")

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Does anyone know the default name given to a form created with  
form\_for ? Thanks, JB

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**Author:** ![JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JannaB)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/default-form-name-in-form-for/169168/2 "2009-05-30T19:41:19Z")

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On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 9:59 AM, JannaB [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Does anyone know the default name given to a form created with  
> form\_for ? Thanks, JB

There isn’t a default name attribute generated when you use form\_for  
helper.

-Conrad

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**Author:** ![JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JannaB)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/default-form-name-in-form-for/169168/3 "2009-05-30T20:06:37Z")

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SO…how do you get teh form name for certain Dom / javascript  
functionality?

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**Author:** ![JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JannaB)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/default-form-name-in-form-for/169168/4 "2009-05-30T20:11:06Z")

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JannaB wrote:

> SO…how do you get teh form name for certain Dom / javascript  
> functionality?

Give the form a name yourself:

form\_for […], :html =\> { name=“adsf”, id=“hjkl” }

See the Rails API.