Rails: Multi-submit buttons in one Form

Question

Say I have an Article model, and in the article \'new\' view I have two buttons, \"Publish\" and \"Save Draft\".

My question is how can I know which button is clicke

Answer 1

usually i using the suggestion given by John Topley (see answer above). another way is using JQuery /JS changing the form action attribute- upon clicking the submit button example:

form_tag({} ,:method => 'post', :id => 'reports_action') do 
   .......
   ....... 
  submit_tag 'submit',  :onclick => "return changeAction();"
end

and then .....

function changeAction(){
   $('#reports_action').attr('action','my_new_action');
}