Html.BeginForm with html attributes asp.net mvc4

Question

I have Edit Action with Html.BeginForm. How can I add HTML attributes?

I know only one way:

@using (Html.BeginForm(\"Edit\", \"Clients\"         


        

Answer 1

Calling via an ActionLink from ControllerA

@using (Html.BeginForm("Create",
    "StudentPChoice",
    new { StudentPChoiceId = Model.StudentPChoiceId },
    FormMethod.Post))
{

}

OR

@using (Html.BeginForm("Create",
    "ControllerB",
    new { ControllerBId = Model.ControllerAId },
    FormMethod.Post))
{

}

Answer 2

The override you need is:

@using( Html.BeginForm("Edit", "Clients", new { Id=Model.Id},
                       FormMethod.Post, new { @class = "example" } ) )
{
}

• Route values like "id" are passed as the third parameter.
• HTML attributes like "class" are passed as the fifth parameter.

See MSDN docs.

Answer 3

The Action and Controller parameters can also be null to use the default action:

Html.BeginForm( null, null, FormMethod.Post, new { id=”formname”, @class="formclass" })

Answer 4

If this might be helpful for some people, this works for me:

@using (Html.BeginForm("RefreshData", "Home", FormMethod.Post, 
        new { Id = "timerangeId", @name = "timerange" }))
    {
        // form elements and input
    }

In Javascript:

document.getElementById("timerangeId").submit();