Use MVC Html.BeginForm with GET method and action parameters

Question

I know I can use Html.BeginForm to POST with action parameters like this:

@using (Html.BeginForm("Details", "Home", new { name = Model.Name }))

and I can GET like this:

@using (Html.BeginForm("Details", "Home", FormMethod.Get))

But I can't seem to do both. How do I?

Update

Here is the entirety of the form in question:

@using (Html.BeginForm("Details", "Home", new { name = Model.Name }))
{
    <div style="text-align: center">
        @Html.DropDownList("viewMonth", 
                                  new List<SelectListItem>(ViewBag.MonthNames))
        @Html.TextBox("viewYear", Model.ViewYear, new {style = "width: 30px"})
        <input type="submit" value="Go"/>
        <br/>
        <br/>
    </div>
}

where viewMonth and viewYear are parameter names in Action/Details. If I try

@using (Html.BeginForm("Details", "Home", new { name = Model.Name }, 
                        FormMethod.Get))

it will pass viewMonth and viewYear, but not name.

No, pardon my excellent communication. I am trying to GET and use action parameters (which I suppose are RouteValues) in one form. — Bondolin
– Bondolin, Commented Aug 13, 2012 at 20:31

SteveC · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-15 09:07:04Z

8

But I can't seem to do both

You can do both ... you can use the overload you need

So for example if name is a routeValue:

@using (Html.BeginForm("Details", "Home", new { name = Model.Name }, 
                        FormMethod.Get))

and if name is an htmlAttribute of the form:

@using (Html.BeginForm("Details", "Home", FormMethod.Get, 
                        new { name = Model.Name }))

and if you want to use both routeValues and htmlAttributes:

@using (Html.BeginForm("Details", "Home", new { name = Model.Name }, 
                        FormMethod.Get, new { name = "foo_bar" }))

edited Oct 15, 2013 at 9:07

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answered Aug 13, 2012 at 20:18

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Bondolin Over a year ago

Thanks for the reply. I suppose name is a routeValue, since I intend it to be an action parameter, but the first code segment ironically enough will pick up two other routeValues from the ViewData but omit name.

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