Using the following model, I expect that when the Submit button is hit, the Edit Method to Fire, and the model parameter to have the adjusted values. But it keeps returning an instance of the class with all null values. It is as if no model binding ever happens.
class Trait
{
string Name { get; set; }
// other properties
}
class DesignViewModel
{
Dictionary<Trait, int> Allocation { get; set; }
}
Controller
public ActionResult Create()
{
var model = new DesignViewModel();
// retrieve traits from database
foreach(var trait in Repository.Traits)
model.Allocation.Add(trait, 0);
return View(model);
}
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Edit(DesignViewModel model)
{
// nothing works yet, so I don't have a lot of code here...
}
HTML
Top Level Page
<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Areas/Setup/Views/Shared/Setup.master"
Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<OtherModel>" %>
<% Html.RenderAction("Design", "Test"); %>
Partial View
<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<DesignViewModel>" %>
<% using (Html.BeginForm("Edit", "Test", FormMethod.Post ) ) {%>
<div id="eq">
<% foreach (var trait in Model.Allocations) { %>
<div style="margin: 15px;">
<%: trait.Key.Name %>
<br />
<span class="slider"></span>
<%: Html.TextBox(trait.Key.Name, trait.Value, new { @class = "spent" , @readonly = "readonly" })%>
</div>
<% } %>
</div>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</p>
<% } %>