Accessing Data attribute of html input control in MVC2 controller

Question

I am submiiting a form from view which contains input field with specific data attribute

<form>
<input type="text" data-user="001" name="mytext" />
</form>

this from is submitted to a controller

[HttpPost]
        public ActionResult Settings(FormCollection formValues)
        {
//here i can access input control's value by its name like
string user= formValues["mytext"];
}

but how i can get value of data-user attribute in controller?

You cannot. A form only submits name/value pairs corresponding to the name and value attributes of form controls. — user3559349
– user3559349, Commented Dec 21, 2015 at 10:09
You can do it using javascript. You should add hidden inputs to your form on submit. — teo van kot
– teo van kot, Commented Dec 21, 2015 at 10:19
you have to use hidden field data- attributes will not be posted in form — Ehsan Sajjad
– Ehsan Sajjad, Commented Dec 21, 2015 at 10:26

Jeremy Caney · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-08 01:26:19Z

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I do not think you can do it. You can access session variable from controller like this, however:

string strsetting1 = (string)HttpContext.Session["setting1"];

In your Global.asax.cs:

protected void session_start()
{
    Session["setting1"] = "Y";
}

edited Oct 8, 2021 at 1:26

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answered Oct 7, 2021 at 21:25

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