How to postback from an anchor tag - 【StackMirror】|c#|asp.net-mvc|asp.net-mvc-3|razor

I have an achor tag from which I want to postback to my controller action.

@using (Html.BeginForm("ActionName","Home",FormMethod.Post))
        {        
            <div class="toolbar_button">                        
                @{

                    var Route = Url.Action("ActionName", "Home");
                    var Anchor = MvcHtmlString.Create(String.Format("<a href=\"\"><img src=\"../../Content/Images/image.png\"></img>stringname</a>"));
                 }
                @Anchor
            </div>
        }

I do have a controller function which defined

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult ActionName(viewModel)
{
}

Whenever I m clicking the anchor tag, it is not coming to this action.

Any ideas?

2012-04-03 22:54
by alice7

Duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/q/6180256/360053 - Tuan 2012-04-03 22:58

Don't use the word postback. Postback is form WebForm and it is not the same thing as a HTTP POST - W3Max 2012-04-03 23:06

If you have only one form on the page you can add onclick handler to the A-tag: document.forms[0].submit()

Another, preferred way to achieve this would be to add an input element with type submit:

<input type="submit" value="Submit Form" />

2012-04-03 22:58
by MK_Dev

Actually the view consists of multiple partial views - alice7 2012-04-03 22:58

Views are not the same as forms. As long as there's only one

Is there anyway to include the image with the input type - alice7 2012-04-04 02:36

Yes, you can use

You cannot POST with a plain link.

Here is some options:

Submit the form (use a submit button or JavaScript - calling submit on the form -, etc.)
AJAX... Example: http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.post/

2012-04-03 23:02
by W3Max