In this article I will explain with an example, how to submit (post) Form using ActionLink in ASP.Net MVC 5 Razor.
@Html.ActionLink is rendered as an HTML Anchor Tag (HyperLink) and hence it produces a GET request to the Controller’s Action method which cannot be used to submit (post) Form in ASP.Net MVC 5 Razor.
Hence in order to submit (post) Form using @Html.ActionLink, a jQuery Click event handler is assigned and when the @Html.ActionLink is clicked, Form is submitted (posted) using JavaScript Submit function.
Note: For beginners in ASP.Net MVC, please refer my article ASP.Net MVC Hello World Tutorial with Sample Program example.
 
 

Model

The Model class consists of following properties.
public class PersonModel
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets PersonId.
    /// </summary>
    public int PersonId { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets Name.
    /// </summary>
    public string Name { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets Gender.
    /// </summary>
    public string Gender { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets City.
    /// </summary>
    public string City { get; set; }
}
 
 

Controller

The Controller consists of the following Action method.

Action method for handling GET operation

Inside this Action method, simply the View is returned.
 

Action method for handling POST operation

This Action method accept an object of the PersonModel class as parameter. The values posted from the Form inside the View are received through this parameter.
public class HomeController : Controller
{
    // GET: Home
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return View();
    }
 
    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult Index(PersonModel person)
    {
        int personId = person.PersonId;
        string name = person.Name;
        string gender = person.Gender;
        string city = person.City;
 
        return View();
    }
}
 
 

View

Inside the View, in the very first line the PersonModel class is declared as Model for the View.
The View consists of an HTML Form which has been created using the Html.BeginForm method with the following parameters.
ActionName – Name of the Action. In this case the name is Index.
ControllerName – Name of the Controller. In this case the name is Home.
FormMethod – It specifies the Form Method i.e. GET or POST. In this case it will be set to POST.
There are three TextBox fields created for capturing values for PersonId, Name and City using the Html.TextBoxFor method. While for capturing the Gender value, a DropDownList with three options is created using the Html.DropDownListFor function.
There’s also a Submit ActionLink at the end of the Form generated using @Html.ActionLink method and when the ActionLink is clicked, the Form is submitted using jQuery.
@model ActionLink_Send_Model_MVC.Models.PersonModel
 
@{
     Layout = null;
}
 
<!DOCTYPE html>
 
<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>Index</title> 
</head>
<body>
    @using (Html.BeginForm("Index", "Home", FormMethod.Post))
    {
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
            <tr>
                <th colspan="2" align="center">Person Details</th>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>PersonId: </td>
                <td>
                    @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.PersonId)
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Name: </td>
                <td>
                    @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Name)
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Gender: </td>
                <td>
                    @Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.Gender, new List<SelectListItem>
                   { new SelectListItem{Text="Male", Value="M"},
                     new SelectListItem{Text="Female", Value="F"}}, "Please select")
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>City: </td>
                <td>
                    @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.City)
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td></td>
                <td>@Html.ActionLink("Submit", "", null, new { @id = "submit" })</td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    }
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            $("#submit").click(function () {
                document.forms[0].submit();
                return false;
            });
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>
 
 

Screenshots

The Form

Submit (Post) Form using ActionLink in ASP.Net MVC
 

Values captured in Controller when Form is submitted

Submit (Post) Form using ActionLink in ASP.Net MVC
 
 

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