# Manipulating form

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/manipulating-form/178130>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 29, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/manipulating-form/178130 "2009-10-29T15:36:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![khzied](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@khzied](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/khzied)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/manipulating-form/178130/1 "2009-10-29T15:36:33Z")

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Hi,

I work with forms and i won’t to set a name for a form to use  
javascript functions…  
How can i do

Thanks

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**Author:** ![khzied](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@khzied](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/khzied)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/manipulating-form/178130/2 "2009-10-29T16:46:24Z")

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Hi Zied kh

> and i won’t to set a name for a form to use

Assuming this is “I want”

Sijo

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**Author:** ![khzied](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@khzied](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/khzied)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/manipulating-form/178130/3 "2009-11-04T11:20:08Z")

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hi Sijo k g

But, using rails form 🙂

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**Author:** ![khzied](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@khzied](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/khzied)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/manipulating-form/178130/4 "2009-11-04T11:48:15Z")

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On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 6:34 AM, Zied [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I work with forms and i won’t to set a name for a form to use  
> javascript functions…  
> How can i do
> 
> Thanks

Zied, you can do the following:

\<% form\_for some\_object, :url =\> { :action =\> do\_something }, :html =\>  
{  
:name =\> “some\_name” } do |form| % \>

…

\<% end %\>

BTW, this information could have been found by going to  
[api.rubyonrails.org](http://api.rubyonrails.org).

Good luck,

-Conrad

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**Author:** ![khzied](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@khzied](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/khzied)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 11:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/manipulating-form/178130/5 "2009-11-04T11:50:06Z")

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Hi Zied kh

You can check form\_for, form\_tag,… helpers in [api.rubyonrails.org](http://api.rubyonrails.org)

As an example with form\_tag you can specify id like

\<% form\_tag(@sales\_order,{:id =\> ‘this\_is\_form\_id’}) do %\>

Sijo