Partial view inside parent view not sending data to controller - asp.net MVC

Question

I have a partial view name test/index

following is the code -

@model MyFirstMVC.Models.testModels
@using (Html.BeginForm())
{ 
     @Html.TextBox("test1")
     <input type="submit" value="click" />
     @ViewBag.a
}

And the controller of this partial view is following -

    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult Index(MyFirstMVC.Models.testModels m)
    {
        ViewBag.a = Request["test1"].ToString() + " from controler";
        return View(m);
    }

In my parent view I am embedding my partial view like below -

 @Html.Partial("../test/index",new MyFirstMVC.Models.testModels())

When I run the application, the partial view do appear in the parent view. But when I enter value inside partial view and submit then nothing is happening (the value is not forwarding to the controller of partial view - I have checked that the controller action method related to the partial view is not invoking either by setting break-point).

Any help will be appreciated. Why my partial view is not sending value to its controller?

Answer 1

You need to specify the controller and action names in Html.BeginForm() if your not posting back to the same method that generated the view

@model MyFirstMVC.Models.testModels
@using (Html.BeginForm("Index", "Test"))
{ 
    @Html.TextBox("test1")
    <input type="submit" value="click" />
    @ViewBag.a
}