Tag - formRemote

Description

Creates a form tag that uses a remote uri to execute an ajax call serializing the form elements falling back to a normal form submit if javascript is not supported.

Parameters

• url - The url to submit to, either a map contraining keys for the action,controller and id or string value
• action (optional) - The action to execute as a fallback, defaults to the url if non specified
• update (optional) - Either a map containing the elements to update for 'success' or 'failure' states, or a string with the element to update in which cause failure events would be ignored
• before (optional) - The javascript function to call before the remote function call
• after (optional) - The javascript function to call after the remote function call
• asynchronous (optional) - Whether to do the call asynchronously or not (defaults to true)
• method (optional) - The method to use the execute the call (defaults to "post")

Events

• onSuccess (optional) - The javascript function to call if successful
• onFailure (optional) - The javascript function to call if the call failed
• on_ERROR_CODE (optional) - The javascript function to call to handle specified error codes (eg on404="alert('not found!')")
• onUninitialized (optional) - The javascript function to call the a ajax engine failed to initialise
• onLoading (optional) - The javascript function to call when the remote function is loading the response
• onLoaded (optional) - The javascript function to call when the remote function is completed loading the response
• onComplete (optional) - The javascript function to call when the remote function is complete, including any updates

Examples

Example controller for an application called "shop":

class Book {
     @Property defaultAction="list"
     @Property list = { [ books: Book.list( params ) ] }
     @Property show = { [ book : Book.get( params['id'] ) ] }
}

Example usages for above controller:

<g:formRemote on404="alert('not found!')" update="updateMe" action="show">
        Login: <input name="login" type="text"></input>
    </g:formRemote>
    <div id="updateMe">this div is updated by the form</div>