I have a partial view:
<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<DomainModel.Entities.Product>" %>
<div class="item">
<h3><%= Model.Name %></h3>
<%= Model.Description %>
<% using (Html.BeginForm("AddToCart", "Cart")) { %>
<%= Html.Hidden("ProductID") %>
<%= Html.Hidden("returnUrl", ViewContext.HttpContext.Request.Url.PathAndQuery) %>
<input type="submit" value="+ Add to cart" />
<% } %>
<h4><%= Model.Price.ToString("c")%></h4>
</div>
And here is the html that gets rendered:
<div class="item">
<h3>Kayak</h3>
A boat for one person
<form action="" method="post">
<input id="ProductID" name="ProductID" type="hidden" value="1" />
<input id="returnUrl" name="returnUrl" type="hidden" value="/" />
<input type="submit" value="+ Add to cart" />
</form>
<h4>$275.00</h4>
</div>
Nothing happens when the submit button is clicked and I am pretty sure it's because the form action attribute has no value. Shouldn't BeginForm(action, controller) take care of rendering out the form action? What am I doing wrong?
Code from CartController AddToCart action:
public RedirectToRouteResult AddToCart(Cart cart, int productID, string returnUrl)
{
Product product = productsRepository.Products.FirstOrDefault(p => p.ProductID == productID);
cart.AddItem(product, 1);
return RedirectToAction("Index", new { returnUrl });
}
The view that renders the partial:
<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
<% foreach (var product in Model) { %>
<% Html.RenderPartial("ProductSummary", product); %>
<% } %>
<div class="pager">
Page:
<%=Html.PageLinks((int)ViewData["CurrentPage"],
(int)ViewData["TotalPages"],
x => Url.Action("List", new { page = x, category = ViewData["CurrentCategory"] })) %>
</div>
</asp:Content>
Routes:
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute(
null, // don't need a name
"", // matches the root URL, i.e. ~/
new { controller = "Products", action = "List", category = (string)null, page = 1 } //Defaults
);
routes.MapRoute(
null, // don't need name
"Page{page}", // URL pattern, e.g. ~/Page683
new { controller = "Products", action = "List", category = (string)null }, // defaults
new { page = @"\d+" } // constraints: page must be numerical
);
routes.MapRoute(null,
"{category}",
new { controller = "Products", action = "List", page = 1 });
routes.MapRoute(null,
"{category}/Page{page}",
new { controller = "Products", action = "List" },
new { page = @"\d+" } // constraints: page must be numerical
);
}
It looks like you don't have a default route set up. BeginForm
uses UrlHelper.GenerateUrl
to match up the action/controller names to your route collection. So if you don't have a route that maps to AddToCart
, then it can't generate a URL for it. Try adding this to the bottom of your routes:
routes.MapRoute(
"Default",
"{controller}/{action}/{id}",
new { controller = "Products", action = "List", id = "" }
);
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