Question

In my web page, I need to populate button according to parameter value called ButtonType.
let’s say that If ButtonType == "Edit" then I need to hide every buttons but butUpdate.

I want to know how to show/hide html buttons via MVC Action method.

[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
    public ActionResult SupplierDetail(int SupplierID, string ButtonType)
    {   
        var Supplier = supplierListRepository.Supplier_SelectByID(SupplierID);
        return View(Supplier);
    }

I am using Asp.net Mvc Razor form.

@using (Html.BeginForm("SupplierDetail_SubmitClick", "Supplier", FormMethod.Post, new { id = "frmSupplierDetail" }))
{   
@Html.ValidationSummary(true)
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:450px; height:auto">
.....
<tr>
    <td>@Html.LabelFor(model => model.Phone)</td>
    <td>@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Phone)
        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Phone)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>
        <input type="submit" id="butSave" name="butSave" value="Save" style="width:100px; height:auto" />
        <input type="submit" id="butUpdate" name="butUpdate" value="Update" style="width:100px; height:auto" />
        <input type="submit" id="butDelete" name="butDelete" value="Delete" style="width:100px; height:auto" />
        <input type="submit" id="butReset" name="butReset" value="Reset" style="width:100px; height:auto" />
    </td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

<div id="content">
@Html.ActionLink("Back to List", "Index")
</div>

}

Every Suggestions will be appreciated.

Answer 1

in your controller add the buttontype to viewdata:

ViewData["ButtonType"] = ButtonType

Then, in the view itself, you can add if/else statements, or any other logic that suits all of ur cases, to decide what to render:

@if (ViewData["ButtonType"].ToString() == "Edit")
{
    <input type="submit" id="butUpdate" name="butUpdate" value="Update"    
     style="width:100px; height:auto" />      
}

Of course, this is but a demo of what can be done, Yuo should adapt the code to ur buisness logics