# What is the id of the form\_for

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-id-of-the-form-for/156690>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 1, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-id-of-the-form-for/156690 "2009-01-01T03:37:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-id-of-the-form-for/156690/1 "2009-01-01T03:37:38Z")

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I used form\_for to generate a form, but what is the ID of this form, how  
can I specify a ID for it.

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**Author:** ![youhaodeyi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/b9bd4f/32.png) [@youhaodeyi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/youhaodeyi)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 5:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-id-of-the-form-for/156690/2 "2009-01-01T05:41:28Z")

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On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Zhao Yi  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I used form\_for to generate a form, but what is the ID of this form, how  
> can I specify a ID for it.

\<% form\_for :foo, @foo, :html =\> { :id =\> 'whatever" } do |f| -%\>

\<% end -%\>

[http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html#M001385](http://api.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html#M001385)

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Greg D.  
[http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/)