What are asp-controller and asp-action equal to in the statement <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" style="width:150px">Create</button>?

Question

Could you please let me know what asp-controller and asp-action equal to in the statement <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" style="width:150px">Create</button>? Please refer to the attachment for details. Thank you in advance for your help.

Answer 1

Hi,@Cecilia H ,

If you add asp-controller and asp-action to your button,it will generate to formaction.The asp-controller attribute assigns the controller used for generating the URL. The asp-action attribute value represents the controller action name.Here is a simple demo:

  <form>  
<button asp-controller="Category" asp-action="Test" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" style="width:150px">Create</button>  
 </form>  

result:

So that when you clicking the button,it will submit the form and go to Category/Test.

If you want to add asp-controller and asp-action to <a> tag.it will generate to href.

<a asp-controller="Category" asp-action="Test" type="submit" class="btn btn-secondary" style="width:150px">Back to List</a>  

result:

When clicking the button,it willgo to Category/Test without submitting the form.And for more details about anchor helper,you can refer to the official doc.

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