Question

My end goal is to create a checkbox that, when selected, checks all the checkboxes in a form. And un-checks them all when it changes from checked to unchecked. All the posts I’ve seen (this one and also this one) requires the use of the name of my form. What IS the name of my form? Here’s my entire view:

<%= render 'admin/distributions/head' %>
<% title 'Workflow' %>


<%= form_for @search, :url => url_for(:controller => params[:controller], :action => params[:action]), :html => {id => "distribution_workflow",:method => :get} do |f| %>

  <div class="opportunity-block yellow">

    <div class="form-block mrl mbm">
      <%= f.label :created_at_gt, "Created at >" %>
      <%= f.text_field :created_at_gt, :class => "js-db-date-picker" %>
    </div>

    <div class="form-block mrl mbm">
      <%= f.label :created_at_lte, "Created at <=" %>
      <%= f.text_field :created_at_lte, :class => "js-db-date-picker" %>
    </div>

    <div class="form-block mrl mbm mtm">
      <%= f.label :status_equal, "Status" %>
      <%= f.select :status_equal, Distribution.select(:status).group(:status).order(:status).map { |d| [d.status] }, :include_blank => " " %>
    </div>

    <div class="clear"></div>
    <%= submit_tag 'Apply Filter', :class => "input-button dark unit-right mrl" %>
    <div class="clear"></div>
  </div>
<% end  %>


<%= form_tag edit_multiple_admin_distributions_workflows_path do %>
<%= submit_tag "Edit Selected" %>
  <table class="standard-grid">
    <tr>
      <th class="first">
      </th> 
      <th>ID</th>
      <th>Customer</th>
      <th>Resume URL</th>
      <th>Partner</th>
      <th>Status</th>
      <th>Assigned To</th>
      <th>Comments</th>
      <th></th>
    </tr>
    <% @report.each do |distribution| %>
      <tr>
        <td><%= check_box_tag "distribution_ids[]", distribution.id %></td>
        <td>
          <%= distribution.owner.id %>
        </td>
        <td>
          <%=link_to distribution.owner.full_name, "mailto:#{distribution.owner.email}" %>
        </td>
        <td>
          <a href=<% UrlService.download_blob_url(distribution.resume) %>>Resume URL</a>
        </td>
        <td>
          <%=link_to distribution.matching_profile.partner.title,  "mailto:#{distribution.matching_profile.partner.email}" %>
        </td>
        <td>
          <%= distribution.status %>
        </td>
        <td>
          <%= distribution.assignee_id %>
        </td>
        <td>
          <%= distribution.comments %>
        </td>
      </tr>
    <% end %>
  </table>
<% end %>

Answer 1

Form name is not automatically set in Rails, but however you can set name to a form by passing html_options.

Eg.: <%= form_for(@obj, :html => { :name => "test" }) do |f| %>