template::form::get_action (public)

 template::form::get_action id

Defined in packages/acs-templating/tcl/form-procs.tcl

Find out which action is in progress. This is the name of the button which was clicked when the form was in display mode.

Parameters:

id (required)

The ID of an ATS form object.

Returns:

the name of the action in progress

Partial Call Graph (max 5 caller/called nodes):

Testcases:

No testcase defined.

Source code:

    # keep form properties and a list of the element items
    upvar #[template::adp_level] $id:formaction formaction

    # If we've already found the action, just return that
    if { [info exists formaction] } {
        return $formaction
    }

    # Otherwise, find out now

    set formaction {}

    # If the form isn't being submitted at all, there's no action
    if { $id ne [ns_queryget "form:id"] } {
        return {}
    }

    set formbutton [get_button $id]

    # If we were in display mode, and a button was clicked, we should be in edit mode now
    if { [ns_queryget "form:mode"] eq "display" && $formbutton ne "" } {
        set formaction $formbutton
        return $formaction
    }

    # Otherwise, there should be a form:formaction variable in the form
    set formaction [ns_queryget "form:formaction"]

    return $formaction

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