Creating Action Links Without A View

Question

Right now I am trying to create a link that, upon the user clicking, would change a Boolean without calling up it's own view. Whenever I click the link though, it sends me to a view that doesn't exist. Can anyone find what I'm doing wrong to make sure it stays in the current view and performs the action?

The cshtml:

@Ajax.ActionLink("Hide",
"Hide",
"Manager",
new { id = item.MenuID },
new AjaxOptions
{
HttpMethod = "POST",
OnSuccess = "function() { alert('The item has been hidden')"
})

The controller:

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Hide(int id)
{
    Menu menu = db.Menus.Find(id);
    if (menu == null)
    {
        return HttpNotFound();
    }
    menu.Display = false;
    db.Entry(menu).State = EntityState.Modified;
    db.SaveChanges();
    return new EmptyResult();
}

Also, a slightly related side question, is there a way to make the link into a button?

Regarding the side question (making it a button), see here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/596444/html-actionlink-as-a-button-or-an-image-not-a-link — mayabelle, Nov 04 '13 at 17:39
make sure you have the ajax unobtrusive reference included on your page — Matt Bodily, Nov 04 '13 at 18:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 04 '13 at 18:12

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Most likely, your page is missing one of the following script. Make sure you reference them all:

<script src="/Scripts/jquery-1.7.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="/Scripts/jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="/Scripts/MicrosoftAjax.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="/Scripts/MicrosoftMvcAjax.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

answered Nov 04 '13 at 18:12

Dima

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Huh, completely forgot to do the script includes. Fixed it right up. Now to find a way to make it refresh the table after the change has been made. – Mechalon Nov 05 '13 at 01:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 04 '13 at 18:21

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Use void instead of ActionResult for the Hide method in your controller (and remove the "return" clause, of course).

answered Nov 04 '13 at 18:21

Tomaz Tekavec

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Creating Action Links Without A View

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