[Solved] Admin Module Design: 4 Buttons, 1 Hidden Submit Form

[yesdev]

I'm midway through developing a new administration module that uses 4 form buttons to pass variables to the final submit button.

 

The submit button is hidden as I don't want people in the admin console to fire it directly. I just want them to press one of the 4 buttons I've designed.

 

As I built this off the standardised module generator linked into the Prestashop validator, I'm wondering:

• why buttons aren't recognised when fired as part of the Prestashop admin console. I've got breakpoints / alerts set up through the sequence & they're not firing.
• As I've hidden but not disabled the submit button, does that break the overall Helperform structure?

 

Anyone have any clue on designing a complex admin form like I'm working on?

I figured it out - have the same form ID pass 4 different values

 

Edited March 7, 2016 by yesdev (see edit history)