Question

I added a textbox to my form via javascript as follows

<input type="text" name="odd" id="odd" />

and I added a parameter in my model

public string odd {get; set;}

Now, I wish to retrieve the text in this textbox in the controller by calling the variable odd, but it is always empty. Is there something I need to do to bind these two together besides giving them the same name?

EDIT

My form looks like

using (Html.BeginForm("ControllerName", "Home", FormMethod.Get, new { enctype ="multipart/form-data" })){
  <div> @Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.model1.mode,
                        new SelectList(Model.model1.mylist, "Value", "Text"), "Select", new { @onchange="javascriptFxn(this.options[this.selectedIndex].text);"})
                    <div id="Other"></div>
 }

and the javascript looks like

javascriptFxn(name){
  document.getElementById('Other').innerHTML = '<br /> <input type="text" name="odd">';
 }

my Model 1 looks like

public class model1{
  public string odd {get; set;}
 }

and the submit for controller

  public ActionResult Submit(MyModel model)
   {
      string s = model.model1.odd;
   }

Answer 1

From the portions of the code provided, it looks like your Model (being passed to view) does not have Odd property, instead the the model has a Model1 property that in turn has Odd property. Try having Odd property directly on your model and check if the value is posted when the form is submitted.