How to change WebGrid action for getting data (.NET MVC3)

Question

I have a Partial View that renders WebGrid. My controller looks like

public ActionResult Index()
{
    return View();
}
public ActionResult GetUserList(int? pag         


        

Answer 1

Your conclusion isn't right. You just need to wrap your webgrid in a Get form:

using (Html.BeginForm("GetUserList", "ThingaMaBob", System.Web.Mvc.FormMethod.Get))
{
 var grid = new WebGrid(
...
));

    Html.Hidden(grid.SortFieldName, grid.SortColumn);
    Html.Hidden(grid.SortDirectionFieldName, grid.SortDirection == SortDirection.Ascending ? "ASC" : "DESC");
}

The hiddens are so that the sort dir and sort field end up in parseable form in the querystring. You end up with urls like localhost/ThingaMaBob/GetUserList?someotherfields=whatever=&sort=city&sortdir=ASC