[development] Changing button #name?

[Ken Winters]

Does it have to be a giant form? Using anchor tags and then a confirm  
form is fairly common.

Objects in a form do need to have unique names / IDs.

- Ken Winters

On Jun 23, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Richard Morse wrote:

> Hi! I'm trying to build an AHAH form which allows users to add and  
> remove steps.
>
> I'm building a table like:
>
>> Id       Note
>> ----------------------------------------------
>> 1       [This is a step       ]      <remove>
>> 2       [This is another step ]      <remove>
>> 3       [Make me an offer!    ]      <remove>
>>
>> <add step>
>
> In order to be able to determine which remove button was pressed,  
> I'm creating them like:
>
>  array(
>    '#type'  => 'button',
>    '#name'  => 'remove_btn_' . $row_id,
>    '#value' => 'remove',
>    '#ahah'  => ...
>  )
>
> I'm doing this because otherwise the form state shows the  
> clicked_button always as the last of the remove buttons created.
>
> According to the forms_api_reference on api.drupal.org, in the  
> section for '#name',
>
>> All button and submit elements on a form should have the same name
>
> Am I breaking something by setting the name for each button  
> separately? If so, how am I supposed to distinguish between the  
> various remove buttons?
>
> Thanks,
> Ricky
>
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