Redirect to new view with submit_tag in Rails

Question

I have the following submit_tag button

<%= submit_tag("Save Email".upcase, name:"email_change","data-target":"email_change.submit") %>

I am trying to have it redirect to a new view, similar to what is done with using link_to. Is there a way to do something similar using the submit button?

Answer 1

You can do:

<% link_to some_path do %>
  <%= submit_tag("Save Email".upcase, name:"email_change","data-target":"email_change.submit") %>
<% end %>

The 'Rails' way to do this would probably be to wrap the redirect in some conditional logic in your controller action, especially if you're submitting data from a form