Added submit_to_remote helper

actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/ajax_helper.rb

@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ module ActionView
         tag(:input, attributes)
       end
 
+      def submit_to_remote(name, value, options = {})
+        html_options = options.delete(:html) || {}
+        html_options.merge!(:name => name, :value => value, :type => "submit")
+
+        attributes = extract_remote_attributes!(options)
+        attributes.merge!(html_options)
+
+        tag(:input, attributes)
+      end
+
       def periodically_call_remote(options = {})
         attributes = extract_observer_attributes!(options)
         attributes["data-js-type"] = "periodical_executer"

actionpack/test/javascript/ajax_test.rb

@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ end
 
 class ButtonToRemoteTest < AjaxTestCase
   def button(options, html = {})
-    button_to_remote("Remote outpost", options, html)
+    button_to_remote("RemoteOutpost", options, html)
   end
 
   def url_for(*)
@@ -355,6 +355,16 @@ class ButtonToRemoteTest < AjaxTestCase
   end
 end
 
+class SubmitToRemoteTest < AjaxTestCase
+  test "basic" do
+    expected = %(<input class="fine" type="submit" name="foo" value="bar" data-url="/url/hash" data-js-type="remote" data-update-success=".klass" />)
+    options = { :url => {:action => "whatnot"}, :update => ".klass", :html => { :class => "fine" } }
+
+    assert_dom_equal expected,
+      submit_to_remote("foo", "bar", options)
+  end
+end
+
 class ScriptDecoratorTest < AjaxTestCase
   def decorator()
     script_decorator("data-js-type" => "foo_type", "data-foo" => "bar", "data-baz" => "bang")