Do not include hidden field in query string when submitting form with GET

Question

http://localhost:3000/users?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search=aen

Here's my form in the view:

<% form_tag users_path, :method => 'get', :html => { :class => 'ui-form' } do %>
    <div class="ui-input ui-input-search">
      <%= text_field_tag :search %>
    </div>
  <% end %>

Which generates a hidden field that gets submitted:

<div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓"></div>

look at his question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3222013/what-is-the-snowman-param-in-rails-3-forms-for/3348524#3348524 — Naren Sisodiya, Apr 23 '11 at 07:20

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 23 '11 at 07:20

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Set the disabled attribute on the field you don't want to submit.

Or is the real question about how to get rails to not create that hidden field in the first place?

answered Apr 23 '11 at 07:20

Boris Zbarsky

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 23 '11 at 06:56

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This can be done with JS if you use form.serialize() remove unnecessary part of parameters and make a new get request with new params

answered Apr 23 '11 at 06:56

Bohdan

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 23 '11 at 07:33

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You can try doing something like this in an onsubmit function:

document.getElementsByName('utf8')[0].disabled = "disabled";

to prevent it from being sent.

answered Apr 23 '11 at 07:33

typeof

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 10 '12 at 18:04

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Here's a jquery snippet - add it to your layout to disable the utf8 field in all GET forms

:javascript
      $('form[method=get] input[name=utf8]').attr("disabled", "disabled");

answered Jan 10 '12 at 18:04

Mark Swardstrom

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Do not include hidden field in query string when submitting form with GET

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