Prepend contextPath in form tag [SPR-6944]

[spring-projects-issues]

Michael Isvy opened SPR-6944 and commented

Currently, if I need to write a form that links to my web application, I usually write it that way:

<c:url value="/client" var="form_url"/>
<form:form action="${form_url}">
...
</form:form>

Generated HTML is as follows:

<form id="command" action="/myWebApp/client" method="post">
	Inside form
</form>

It would be easier if the form tag could include the context path out of the box (for any path starting with "/" for instance). In that way, I would not need to use the <c:url /> tag anymore.

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Issue Links:

• Form tag should prepend the contextPath and servletPath if not present [SPR-8684] #13326 Form tag should prepend the contextPath and servletPath if not present ("is duplicated by")

[spring-projects-issues]

Rossen Stoyanchev commented

As I also commented under #13326 we can't just change the way the form tag behaves in this regard but there are other improvements we can make to accommodate the request. See the comments under #13326 and comment there to keep the discussion in one place.

[spring-projects-issues]

Rossen Stoyanchev commented

This will be resolved as part of #13326.