sending hidden property under different name from razor to the controller

Question

inside razor form I'm sending value using hidden property like

 @Html.HiddenFor(model => model.Name)

this way I'm expecting on controller side parameter to be named as name in order to fetch this value.

 public ActionResult(string MyName)
 {

 }

How can I send this value

 @Html.HiddenFor(model => model.Name)

under different name, so I can on controller side receive that information like

public ActionResult(string MyName)
{

}

@KarelTamayo I think they are asking how they can send their Hidden, which uses model.Name, to post to the controller's MyName value — Alfie Goodacre, Oct 27 '16 at 13:29
There is really no point using `HtmlHelper`method is this case (the whole point of using the helpers is for correct 2-way model binding, implementing validation etc and your defeating all that) You may as well just manually create the input ` — , Oct 27 '16 at 21:44

Lalji Dhameliya · Answer 1 · 2019-12-16T12:50:48.630

3

If you use set Name attribute same as your parameter then in works fine.

   @Html.HiddenFor(model => model.Name, new { id = "MyName", name = "MyName"})

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edited Dec 16 '19 at 12:50

answered Oct 28 '16 at 04:47

Lalji Dhameliya

the html prop Name="myName" is case sensitive in the html helper so dont use name="MyName" – Jephren Naicker Aug 24 '17 at 08:02

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

2

Use Html.Hidden(), not HiddenFor(). With Hidden you can pass in the name you want the element to be named.

Something like

@Html.Hidden("MyName", Model.Name)

See here

edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

Community

answered Oct 27 '16 at 13:42

Fran

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