Question

Here is my html code

<form runat="server">
    Hello, i'm login page
    Enter Name   <asp:TextBox ID="txtName" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
    <input type="submit" value="PressMe" onclick="location.href='<%: Url.Action("EnterLogin", "LoginForm") %>'" />
</form>

Here is my controller code

public class LoginFormController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult ShowLogin()
    {
        return View();
    }

    public ActionResult EnterLogin()
    {
        ViewData["Name"] = Convert.ToString(Request.Form["txtName"]);
        return View("EnterLogin");
    }
}

On clicking PressMe button the expected output is to display Enter Login View but it doesn’t.If i double click on the button then it works fine.
Any reason for single click not to work??

Answer 1

The problem is that submit button submits the page. Consider using

<button type="button" onclick="location.href='<%: Url.Action("EnterLogin", "LoginForm") %>'">PressMe</button>

instead of

<input type="submit" value="PressMe" onclick="location.href='<%: Url.Action("EnterLogin", "LoginForm") %>'" />