 <p>Links can't technically submit forms. That means you're limited to javascript, check out <a href="http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/JavaScriptHelper.html#M001756" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>link_to_function</code></a>. You'll need the <code>id</code> of the form you want to submit and then you can write some javascript like:</p> <pre><code>$('the_forms_id').submit(); return false; </code></pre>