Calling Post method using HTML.ActionLink

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I have read multiple posts on similar issue but did not work.

I have fixed footer buttons and facing issue in calling "Post" version Edit action in Project controller. Here is what I'm trying to do

Let me know if question needs further explaination.

(I tried using Ajax.ActionLink which is suggested in multiple posts too but did not work out.

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Answer 1

Finally I managed to fix it by some workarounds. Posting solution here to help someone.

Like I said earlier, I tried using Ajax.ActionLink but I was not able to achieve the same. Instead I looked for Calling Form Submit action from outside of form that's what I actually need here.

Form: Name your Form something, say "editProjDetailsForm"
@using (Html.BeginForm(null, null, FormMethod.Post,
new { @class = "form-horizontal",
name = "editProjDetailsForm" }))

Footer: Call this method from the footer button.

<input type="button" onclick="document.editProjDetailsForm.submit();" 
       class="btn btn-primary"
       value="Save Changes" />

I tried this one too in footer but it did not workout:

@Ajax.ActionLink("Save Changes", "Edit", new { id = Model.ProjectId }, 
              new AjaxOptions { HttpMethod = "POST" })

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Display Issue if you are using bootstrap In footer I had one input type = button and one action link with class= button. Both nested in one btn-group but there height were appearing different as visible in following snapshot:

Fix: Found that it is a known issue and there is one suggested solution but did not work out much for me (i.e. for Internet Explorer). input type=submit and anchor button in btn-group appear as different sizes

Solution: add .btn { line-height:normal!important; } or if you want to do only for a specific button lets say the above input button then do this:

<input type="button" onclick="document.editProjDetailsForm.submit();" 
     class="btn btn-primary"
     value="Save Changes" 
     style="line-height:normal!important;" />