Implemented data-form support.

framework/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #10061: `yii\helpers\BaseInflector::transliterate()` is now public. Introduced different levels of transliteration strictness (silverfire)
 - Enh #10118: Allow easy extension of slug generation in `yii\behaviors\SluggableBehavior` (cebe, hesna)
 - Enh: Added last resort measure for `FileHelper::removeDirectory()` fail to unlink symlinks under Windows (samdark)
+- Enh: #9893: Added support for data-form attribute so links can target specific forms (SamMousa)
 - Chg #9369: `Yii::$app->user->can()` now returns `false` instead of erroring in case `authManager` component is not configured (creocoder)
 - Chg #9411: `DetailView` now automatically sets container tag ID in case it's not specified (samdark)
 - Chg #9953: `TimestampBehavior::getValue()` changed to make value processing consistent with `AttributeBehavior::getValue()` (silverfire)

framework/assets/yii.js

@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ yii = (function ($) {
          * @param $e the jQuery representation of the element
          */
         handleAction: function ($e, event) {
-            var method = $e.data('method'),
-                $form = $e.closest('form'),
+            var $form = $e.attr('data-form') ? $('#' + $e.attr('data-form')) : $e.closest('form'),
+                method = !$e.data('method') && $form ? $form.attr('method') : $e.data('method'),
                 action = $e.attr('href'),
                 params = $e.data('params'),
                 pjax = $e.data('pjax'),
@@ -322,9 +322,10 @@ yii = (function ($) {
         var handler = function (event) {
             var $this = $(this),
                 method = $this.data('method'),
-                message = $this.data('confirm');
+                message = $this.data('confirm'),
+                form = $this.data('form');
 
-            if (method === undefined && message === undefined) {
+            if (method === undefined && message === undefined && form === undefined) {
                 return true;
             }