Handling 2 submit buttons in one form

Question

I have read many articles explaining how to handle 2 submit buttons in a form but none of them have worked for me.

form :

<form id="myForm">
<input type="submit" name="btngroup" value="remove" />
<input type="submit" name="btngroup" value="activate" />
</form>

js:

$('#myForm').submit(function (e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    var form = $(this);
    $.ajax({
            url: '/Admin/removeDocPermanently',
            type: 'POST',
            DataType: "html",
            data: form.serialize()
    });
});

controller

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult removeDocPermanently(string btngroup, FormCollection form)
{  
   //btngroup does not get the value of the clicked submit button
}

Is this possible to get the pressed submit button in the js submit function or the controller?

Answer 1

You can hold the submit object on submit button click and use it in submit funciton.

var submitCommand;
$('input:submit').click(function(){
 submitCommand = $(this);
});


$('#myForm').submit(function (e) {
       alert(submitCommand.val());
       //your code
});