[html-formfu] multiple submit buttons

[Byron Young]

Carl Franks wrote on 2009-06-16:
> 2009/6/15 Byron Young <Byron.Young at riverbed.com>:
>> Hey there,
>> 
>> Maybe my google-fu is weak, but I can't find an answer to my questions,
>> although I ran across some similar ones.
>> 
>> I'm using Catalyst 5.08001 and HTML::Formfu 0.02004 (old, I know!  I
>> fear change) with Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu 0.02000.
>> 
>> We are adding a second submit button to a bunch of our forms, so now
>> we have two submits with the same name and different values, and we
>> check the value to see what do to after processing the form.  The
>> first problem we encountered is that if the form needs to re-
>> displayed, like if there is a validation error, both submit buttons
>> with show the value of the one that was used to submit the form.  Is
>> there a way to remove the value of a parameter before displaying the
>> form so both buttons use the values from the yml file?
> 
> HTML-FormFu 0.04000 fixes this.
> 
>     - Incompatible Change: Button element no longer sets
> retain_default(1) -
>       now sets force_default(1). Fixes bug where multiple buttons with
>       same name were getting the wrong value after being redisplayed
>       after
> errors.
> 
> You could do the same on an application-wide level with default_args()
> 
> Carl
> 

Thanks Carl, I'll look into upgrading.

Byron