asp.net mvc view user control for data capturing

Question

I am tring to add a user control to do a search. this user control is to be used on the home page and for example /category-page.

where do I write the code for data capturing. is there a way to force the user control to submit to a HomeController or the controller I want?

I hope my question is clear.

I have the following on the homecontroller which will work but I dont want to duplicate this on another controller.

 [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
    public ActionResult Search(string key){

    }

Answer 1

The user control should have a element that would post to your controller like this:

<% using(Html.BeginForm("Search", "Home")) { %>
    <input type="text" name="key" />
    <input type="submit" />
<% } %>

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