This is not enabled by default (afaik ..). If you just need it, you can use crispy HTML forms. Object layout
HTML('<input type="button" name="Save" onclick="do_whatever" />')
What do you dislike about jQuery? You can handle this pretty simple and versatile using something like:
$('form :submit.ajax_submit').live('click', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var my_form = $(this).parents('form');
alert(my_form.attr('id'));
alert(my_form.attr('action'));
});
and then just pass the class:
Submit('save', 'save', css_class='ajax_submit')