# Unobtrusive remote links and forms

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unobtrusive-remote-links-and-forms/139522>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 4, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unobtrusive-remote-links-and-forms/139522 "2008-06-04T18:04:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![phatmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@phatmann](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phatmann)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unobtrusive-remote-links-and-forms/139522/1 "2008-06-04T18:04:00Z")

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For quite a while now it has bothered me that link\_to\_remote and  
remote\_form\_for are not unobtrusive. That is, they insert Javascript  
right into the HTML, and link\_to\_remote does not automatically fall  
back to a normal GET request when Javascript is unavailable. I was  
excited about the UJS plugin, and then saddened when I found out it  
was no longer active.

After some research and experimentation, I found a solution I am happy  
with, using LowPro and RJS. See my post at:

[http://blog.7actionsdev.com/2008/06/unobtrusive-rails-links-and-forms.html](http://blog.7actionsdev.com/2008/06/unobtrusive-rails-links-and-forms.html)

There is nothing really new here, but I hope it is helpful to see all  
the pieces in one place.

…tony…