app.forms.Base = app.views.Base.extend({ events :{ 'submit form' : 'setModelAttributes' }, setModelAttributes : function(evt){ if(evt){ evt.preventDefault(); } var form = this.$("form"); function setValueFromField(memo, attribute, selector){ var selectors = form.find(selector); if(selectors.length > 1) { memo[attribute] = _.map(selectors, function(selector){ return $(selector).val() }) } else { memo[attribute] = selectors.val(); } return memo } this.model.set(_.inject(this.formAttrs, setValueFromField, {})) this.model.trigger("setFromForm") } })