I am using the summernote plugin for text box: http://summernote.org/#/getting-started#basic-api
This is the form I have using summmernote:
I found my solution to the problem. This is how I am making the controller get the correct information:
<div class="modal-body" style="max-height: 600px">
@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
@Html.ValidationSummary(true)
<fieldset class="form-horizontal">
<textarea name="textForLabelLanguage" id="textForLabelLanguage" />
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Save changes</button>
@Html.ActionLink("Cancel", "Index", null, new { @class = "btn " })
</fieldset>
}
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$('#textForLabelLanguage').summernote();
});
</script>
Basically, if I use a textarea with a name instead of an input or anything else, it works!
However, and be warned, even though this solution works, I then get a error in the controller saying:
A potentially dangerous Request.Form value was detected from the client
This happens because I am allowing HTML. But this is a problem for another question!
Please, use [AllowHTML]
There's a good article on MSDN Request Validation in ASP.NET
"To disable request validation for a specific property, mark the property definition with the AllowHtml attribute:"
[AllowHtml]
public string Prop1 { get; set; }
similar to what was posted earlier you can use the HTML helper
@HTML.TextAreaFor( m=> m.text, new {@id = "textFor*Model*"})
instead of <textarea>