Question

How can I pass back a (binded) model from a view to a controller method that is not an [httppost]?

View:

   @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Name)            
   @Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Model)   

   // Table displays more properties of model

   <input type="button" title="GetStuff" value="Get Stuff" onclick="location.href='@Url.Action("GetStuff")'" />

Controller Method:

  public ActionResult GetStuff(ViewModel Model /* Realize this is non-httppost but...how can I get the model back with this type of scenario */)
  {
    // Get the name from per the model of the main view if the user changed it
    string theName = Model.Name;

    Model2 m2 = new Model2(){name = theName};
    return ("someView", Model2);
  }

Answer 1

Instead of writing your own query strings, simply wrap your EditorFor stuff in an using Html.BeginForm() statement, remove the Javascript from your button, and change the button to a submit type.

    @using (Html.BeginForm("GetStuff", "Controller", FormMethod.Get)
    {
       @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Name)            
       @Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Model)   

   // Table displays more properties of model

       <input type="submit" title="GetStuff" value="Get Stuff"/>
    }

The FormMethod.Get will send a query string request of the form elements to the action/controller defined in the Html.BeginForm definition.