Asp Mvc3 webgrid Paging and Filtering by ajax

Question

I Have a little problem with WebGrid control for Asp.Net MVC3. What I want is to perform a search view using ajax and webgrid; something like this:

Search Criteria ______________________________

Subject: _____

Task Type: _____

SUBMIT SEARCH

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WebGrid withPaging

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When I click the button search it call the HTTPost action by ajax and apply the search criteria; however when I try to do paging it goes to the HTTPGet action; in this way, the filter according to the search criteria doesn't execute.

I put the grid inside a partial view; there is the code:

    @model IEnumerable<MVC3.Models.Task>
@{
    var grid = new WebGrid(null, rowsPerPage: 2, canPage: true, canSort: true, ajaxUpdateContainerId: "myGrid");
    grid.Bind(Model, rowCount: 3, autoSortAndPage: true);
    grid.Pager(mode: WebGridPagerModes.All);
    @grid.GetHtml(
    columns: grid.Columns(
            grid.Column(format: (item) => Html.ActionLink("Assign Notifications", "AssignNotifications", new { id = item.TaskId })),
            grid.Column(format: (item) => Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id = item.TaskId })),
            grid.Column(format: (item) => Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { id = item.TaskId })),
            grid.Column("Subject"),
            grid.Column("Comment"),
            grid.Column(columnName: "Status", header: "Status", format: (item) => item.TaskStatu.Name),
            grid.Column(columnName: "StartDate", header: "Start Date", format: (item) => item.StartDate.ToString("MM/dd/yyy")),
            grid.Column(columnName: "Deadline", header: "Dead Line", format: (item) => item.Deadline.ToString("MM/dd/yyy"))
            )
    );
}

And my Index view looks like:

@model MVC3.ViewModel.TaskSearchViewModel
@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}
<h2>
    Task Index</h2>
<hr />
@using (Ajax.BeginForm(new AjaxOptions { InsertionMode = InsertionMode.Replace, UpdateTargetId = "myGrid" }))
{
    <div id="Filters">
        <fieldset>
            <legend>Search criteria</legend>
            <br />
            <table>
                <tr>
                    <td>
                        @Html.LabelFor(x => x.Subject)
                    </td>
                    <td>
                        @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.Subject, new { style = "width: 255px;" })
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>
                        @Html.LabelFor(x => x.TaskTypeId)
                    </td>
                    <td>
                        @Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.TaskTypeId, Model.GetTaskTypesSelectList(), "Select", new { style = "width: 260px;" })
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>
                        @Html.LabelFor(x => x.ResponsableId)
                    </td>
                    <td>
                        @Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.ResponsableId, Model.GetResponsablesSelectList(), "Select", new { style = "width: 260px;" })
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>
                        @Html.LabelFor(x => x.StatusId)
                    </td>
                    <td>
                        @Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.StatusId, Model.GetStatusSelectList(), "Select", new { style = "width: 260px;" })
                    </td>
                </tr>
            </table>
        </fieldset>
    </div>
    @Html.Hidden("page")
    <input id="btnSearch" type="submit" value="Search" />
}
<br />
<div id="myGrid">
    @Html.Partial("_TaskSearchResult", Model.ResultTask)
</div>
<br />
@Html.ActionLink("Create new Task", "NewTask")

So if anyone know how to solve my problem I'll be grateful.

Greeting Arturo

Answer 1

Seeing as the grid generates an onclick call for each pager item (and column header) couldn't you just use jQuery to replace default values with a call to an Ajax method that passes the form back?