✨ Make Router#applyDirective() also set the route method if possible

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 * Fix `Loopback` conduits not having some GET parameters available
 * Add more information to enums (icons, color, ...)
 * Fix helper `Router#routeUrl()` throwing an error when the parameters arg is null
+* Make `Router#applyDirective()` also set the route method if possible
 
 ## 1.4.0-alpha.2 (2024-02-19)
 

lib/app/helper/router_helper.js

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Router.setMethod(function isLocalUrl(url) {
  *
  * @author   Jelle De Loecker <[email protected]>
  * @since    1.1.0
- * @version  1.3.1
+ * @version  1.4.0
  *
  * @param    {Element}   element    The element to apply to
  * @param    {string}    name       The route name
@@ -225,13 +225,16 @@ Router.setMethod(function applyDirective(element, name, options) {
 		disable_ajax = true;
 	}
 
+	let method_attribute = false;
+
 	if (element.role == 'link') {
 		attribute_name = 'href';
 	} else {
 
 		switch (element.nodeName) {
 			case 'FORM':
 				attribute_name = 'action';
+				method_attribute = 'method'; 
 				break;
 
 			case 'AREA':
@@ -260,6 +263,10 @@ Router.setMethod(function applyDirective(element, name, options) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (method_attribute && config.methods?.[0]) {
+		element.setAttribute(method_attribute, config.methods[0]);
+	}
+
 	if (disable_ajax) {
 		element.setAttribute('data-he-link', 'false');
 	}