MVC ActionLink to go to current controller

Question

On my MVC webpage I have an ActionLink like this:

        @Html.ActionLink("Create", "Index", "Project")

The view is Index.cshtml and the controller is "Project".

When clicked on this link I want it to go to the controller and do actionResult for Create. But when I click it it wants to go to /projects/index and nothing happens because the actionresult method for create isn't called. It calls the actionresult for Index. So nothing actually happens, the page simply refreshes.

If I change the Actionlink to:

@Html.ActionLink("Create", "Create", "Project")

it tries to go to "/projects/create" but can't find it because it doesn't exist.

My ActionResult code looks like this:

[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Create([Bind(Include = "projectName,projectType")] Project project)
{
  if (ModelState.IsValid)
  {
    db.Project.Add(project);
    db.SaveChanges();
    return RedirectToAction("Index");
  }

  return View(project);
}

How do I solve this?

Url is `/projects/index` and you are using `Project` show your Project controller — Satpal, Dec 01 '15 at 12:14
So you have controller named: ProjectController with action method Create, and also a model named Project? — MaticDiba, Dec 01 '15 at 12:24
yes, although VS2015 adds an s to the name so it is called ProjectsController. Don't why VS puts the s in there. — Eric, Dec 01 '15 at 12:26
Show the GET method for `Create()` - all you have shown is the POST method which will not be called by a link (which is a GET) — , Dec 01 '15 at 12:27
You have defined the Action for `POST` request which accepts `Project` object where as ActionLink will generate link which will be a `GET` request — Satpal, Dec 01 '15 at 12:27
I do not have a get method for Create because it is all on the same page. On the Index page I have a section where the user fills in the project name and selects a type from list. Then he presses a button (the actionlink) and it should be put in the database (the action result). But how do I get it there? — Eric, Dec 01 '15 at 12:33
Of course you need a GET method if you have a link. If your modifying data in a database, the you need a form and a submit button to POST the form values associated with `Project` — , Dec 01 '15 at 12:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 01 '15 at 12:17

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First parameter is text that you want to display, second is action, third is controller.

The right way to use it it would be:

@Html.ActionLink("Some text", "Create", "Project")

answered Dec 01 '15 at 12:17

MaticDiba

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Did you create your action like: public ActionResult Create() { return view()} in your Project controller. – MaticDiba Dec 01 '15 at 12:19
In the case you specified above, you defined an ActionResult method, that responds to Post method. With actionlink you don't create a post call. Check: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2048778/asp-net-mvc-actionlink-and-post-method – MaticDiba Dec 01 '15 at 12:26
I copied that from the default code Visual studio generates when you create a MVC website. – Eric Dec 01 '15 at 12:28
I'm also getting the extra "S" on the controller name. It also happens with Html.ActionLink AND Html.BeginForm – Joseph Norris Feb 14 '19 at 16:15

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 01 '15 at 13:16

Ok, got it to submit to the right actionResult.

What I did was putting the section with the input inside

@using (Html.BeginForm("Create","Projects"))
{
  @Html.AntiForgeryToken()
  // my html code here
  // submit button here
}

and I replaced the actionLink with a submit input html.

But now I do get in the right ActionResult method, still there is no data. I'll create a new question for that.

thanks for all the help!!

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 14 '19 at 16:27

Check the App_Start\RouteConfig.cs

Change

        routes.MapRoute(
            name: "Default",
            url: "{controller}s/{action}/{id}",
            defaults: new { controller = "home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
        );

TO

        routes.MapRoute(
            name: "Default",
            url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
            defaults: new { controller = "home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
        );

MVC ActionLink to go to current controller

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