How can I pass a Textboxes value to my Ajax.ActionLink?

Question

In my ASP.NET MVC application I want a user to add a value into a textbox and then press my Ajax.ActionLink. I want to do something like this:

Ajax.ActionLink(\"Go\

Answer 1

this is how you retrieve the value from your textbox in JQuery

var input =  $('input[name=txt_MyTextBox]').val()