Using a different id name for Joomla forms

Question

I have a form in Joomla that uses XML:

    <form action="index.php?option=com_content&view=contents" method="post" id="adminForm" name="adminForm">
        <?php $this->form->renderFieldset("visitorDetails") ?>
       <button class="btn btn-primary" type="button" onclick="Joomla.submitbutton('controller.send')" >Send</button>
    </form>

it works fine, the problem is that when i want to change the ID from adminForm to any other name, it won't work. Does Joomla only accept adminForm as ID?

Answer 1

Most form views in core components have custom Joomla.submitbutton() functions. Standard function does indeed support only adminForm as form ID. Instead you can use Joomla.submitform() and pass your form:

<button class="btn btn-primary" type="button" onclick="Joomla.submitform('controller.send', this.form)" >Send</button>