Question

I have some javascript that submits to an HTML form in my app upon a “click” event like so….

google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
  $('form').submit()
});

However I want to change the data before I send it. Is this possible? I don’t want to use Ajax $.post if I can help it. I just want to change what the form sends to my Rails controller before submit.

Thanks!

Answer 1

If you already have a field with name=”search” you can change it’s value like so:

google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {

   $('form input[name="search"]').val( place.name );
  $('form').submit()
});

Or if not:

google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {

  $('form').append('<input type="hidden" name="search" value="'+place.name+'" />').submit()
});

Assuming place.name is known like in your previous question.