How to use different submit buttons to send different parameter to action in MVC?

Question

I have 2 forms, each has 2 submit buttons.

One of my forms is "Create". In this form I use no hiddenfor object and 2 submit button like this:

 <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-sm" name="continueEditing" value="false">
      <i class="fa fa-save"></i>
      @GlobalRes.Save
 </button>
 <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-sm" name="continueEditing" value="true">
      <i class="fa fa-save"></i>
      @GlobalRes.SaveAndContinue
 </button>

and in server side my action signature is like this:

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Create(CategoryCreateVm model, bool continueEditing)
{//}

Everything works fine, but the problem is when I try to use same script and same code in Edit action, I face error, which says parameter named continueEditing is null!

The only difference between the Create and Edit view is that I used a hidden for object in the Edit view:

@Html.HiddenFor(x => x.Id)

What is wrong with this form that I am not able to send extra hidden values besides parameters using submit buttons? The note is that I have to use same action for both submits.

I found my answer in this solution:https://stackoverflow.com/a/44904755/2910983 — Afsaneh Daneshi, Mar 26 '18 at 08:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 26 '18 at 07:20

You have to put a different name to eachone of the buttons submit.

  <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-sm" name="continueNotEditing" value="false">
  <i class="fa fa-save"></i>
  @GlobalRes.Save

<button type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-sm" name="continueEditing" value="true">
  <i class="fa fa-save"></i>
  @GlobalRes.SaveAndContinue

How to use different submit buttons to send different parameter to action in MVC?

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