html - Multiple different submit buttons in one form -

i've tried implementing option explained in this article.

    public class httpparamactionattribute : actionnameselectorattribute {     public override bool isvalidname(controllercontext controllercontext, string actionname, methodinfo methodinfo)     {         if (actionname.equals(methodinfo.name, stringcomparison.invariantcultureignorecase))             return true;          if (!actionname.equals("action", stringcomparison.invariantcultureignorecase))             return false;          var request = controllercontext.requestcontext.httpcontext.request;         return request[methodinfo.name] != null;     } } 

my controller actions:

[httpparamaction] [httppost] public virtual actionresult editaccouncement(_accouncementpostviewmodel m)  [httpparamaction] [httppost] public virtual partialviewresult deleteannouncement(int id) 

my form:

@using (ajax.beginform("action", ajaxoptions: new ajaxoptions()     {         httpmethod = "post",         insertionmode = insertionmode.replace,         updatetargetid = "announcement" + @model.id     })) {             //form values omitted             <button type="submit" class="submitbutton" name="edit">change details</button>             <button type="submit" class="submitbutton" name="delete">delete</button> } 

however controller action being called still action method (which doesn't exist). missing something?

your problem caused mismatch between action names , button name attributes.

the value of name attribute on buttons needs match action names, so:

 <button type="submit" name="editaccouncement">change details</button>  <button type="submit" name="deleteannouncement">delete</button> 

update: suggest different approach together. solution seems counter-intuitive me, , not particularly easy follow.

you use javascript (e.g. jquery) handle form submits 'manually', hooking 2 different event handlers buttons. 1 event make post editaccouncement (typo!) action , 1 make post deleteannouncement action.

i made mockup on jsfiddle demonstrates code: http://jsfiddle.net/wmwnj/3/

update 2: fixed typos in jsfiddle