How to best implement Save | Save and Close | Cancel form actions in ASP.NET MVC 3 RC

Question

I\'m wondering how you might go about implementing multiple form actions when submitting a form in asp.net mvc 3 RC.

If I\'m editing a user, for example I would like to

Answer 1

You can have multiple submit buttons in a form with the same name attribute but different value attributes. Which ever button is clicked, the associated value will be posted to the server.

You can use a simple link for Cancel but I'll include it as a button anyway.

And in your action, test for the values.

public ActionResult Edit(string actionType)
{
    if(actionType == "Save")
    {
        // Save action
    }
    else if (actionType == "Save and Close")
    {
        // Save and quit action
    }
    else
    {
        // Cancel action
    }
}

If you don't like having the long text in the value attribute, you can use standard HTML tag which lets you define a separate value and separate text.