[Catalyst] Question about workflow to handle multiple 'submit' buttons on one form

[Francisco Obispo]

Well, what I would do, is keep the underlying 'save' and 'close' methods as private:


sub save : Private {
  my ($self,$c)=@_;

  # your save code goes here

}

sub close : Private {
  my ($self,$c)=@_;

  # your close code goes here

}


That way you could have:

sub action : Local {
  my ($self,$c)=@_;
  $c->forward('save');
  $c->forward('close') if $c->request->param("close"); # or something 
}


Francisco













On Feb 7, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Len Jaffe wrote:

> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:41 AM, will trillich <will.trillich at serensoft.com> wrote:
> Catalystry:
> 
> So there's a second page where they fill out some finalization options (with the original data in hidden fields) and there they have a final "submit" button for the purpose. And they should be able to use their browser's "back" button to get back to the edit form.
> 
> 
> The problem we're wrestling with is that the "edit" action should have a URL distinct from the close action so that the user can hit the "back" button if need be.
> 
> /item/# <= view item
> /item/#/edit <= edit form
> /item/#/close <= confirm-close form
> 
> 
> Nah. I wouldn't have two URLs.  I'd have one URL, and determine whether to save or save+close based on the value of the submit button.
> Furthernore, after a successful submit (assuming http POST) I'd redirect the user to a new display page via GET so that they can hit the refresh button all the like without attempting to repost the submission.
> 
> Len.
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