How to postback from an anchor tag

Question

I have an achor tag from which I want to postback to my controller action.

@using (Html.BeginForm("ActionName","Home",FormMethod.Post))
        {        
            <div class="toolbar_button">                        
                @{

                    var Route = Url.Action("ActionName", "Home");
                    var Anchor = MvcHtmlString.Create(String.Format("<a href=\"\"><img src=\"../../Content/Images/image.png\"></img>stringname</a>"));
                 }
                @Anchor
            </div>
        }

I do have a controller function which defined

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult ActionName(viewModel)
{
}

Whenever I m clicking the anchor tag, it is not coming to this action.

Any ideas?

Don't use the word postback. Postback is form WebForm and it is not the same thing as a HTTP POST. — W3Max, Apr 03 '12 at 23:06

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 03 '12 at 22:58

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If you have only one form on the page you can add onclick handler to the A-tag: document.forms[0].submit()

Another, preferred way to achieve this would be to add an input element with type submit:

<input type="submit" value="Submit Form" />

answered Apr 03 '12 at 22:58

MK_Dev

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Actually the view consists of multiple partial views. – alice7 Apr 03 '12 at 22:58
Views are not the same as forms. As long as there's only one
element on the page, it should work. If there are multiple forms on the page, I'd suggest adding a to each one.
– MK_Dev Apr 03 '12 at 23:01
Is there anyway to include the image with the input type? – alice7 Apr 04 '12 at 02:36
Yes, you can use – MK_Dev Apr 04 '12 at 17:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 03 '12 at 23:02

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You cannot POST with a plain link.

Here is some options:

Submit the form (use a submit button or JavaScript - calling submit on the form -, etc.)
AJAX... Example: http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.post/

answered Apr 03 '12 at 23:02

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