Where to start...I can find similar things on the Internet as to how, but they never seem to work with my specific way of wanting to do something. I have tried with and without partial views with very little success.
Quick rundown: I have a strongly-typed View with an Ajax form. underneath the form, I have a foreach loop that repeats a code block. I need to be able to update the code block from the forms choices (filters).
Here's my View, 'FindATeacher.cshtml', as it currently stands (after trying many different ideas):
@model Teachers.Models.OmniModel
@{
ViewBag.Title = "FindATeacher";
Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}
<h2>Find a Teacher</h2>
@using (Ajax.BeginForm("FilterTeachers", "Home", new AjaxOptions { HttpMethod = "Post", OnSuccess = "onSuccess" }))
{
<div id="ContentFilter">
<div class="filterLabels">
<p>Search by Name</p>
<p>Filter By Instrument</p>
<p>Filter By City</p>
</div>
<div class="filterObjects">
<p>
<input type="text" id="nameTXT" />
<button type="submit" id="findButton">find</button>
</p>
<p>@Html.DropDownList("InstrumentID", (SelectList)Model.Instruments, "-- Select an Instrument --", new { id = "instrumentDD" })</p>
<p>@Html.DropDownList("CityID", (SelectList)Model.Cities, "-- Select a City --", new { id = "cityDD" })</p>
</div>
</div>
}
<hr />
@foreach (var r in Model.Teachers)
{
<div id="ContentResults">
<div id="avatar">
<img src="i" />
</div>
<div id="demographics">
<h6>@r.Teacher</h6>
<strong>@r.StudioName</strong>
<p><a href="#">@r.URL</a></p>
<p>@r.StreetAddress</p>
<p>@r.City, @r.AddressStateID @r.Zip</p>
<p>@r.Phone</p>
<p>@r.EmailAddress</p>
</div>
<div id="studioDetails">
<p><strong>Instrument(s) Taught</strong></p>
<p>
@{
var instrumentString = r.Instruments.Aggregate("", (a, b) => a + b.Instrument + ", ");
if (instrumentString.Length != 0)
{
instrumentString = instrumentString.Remove(instrumentString.LastIndexOf(","));
}
}
@instrumentString
</p>
<br />
@if (r.Information != "" && r.Information != null)
{
<p><strong>Information</strong></p>
<p>@r.Information</p>
}
</div>
</div>
}
Now here's my Controller. I get the results back correctly in the Controller, just not updating the code block:
public ActionResult FindATeacher()
{
Model.Instruments = new SelectList(TeacherService.GetInstrumentList(0),"InstrumentID","Instrument");
Model.Cities = new SelectList(TeacherService.GetCityList(),"CityID","City");
Model.Teachers = TeacherService.GetTeacherList("", 0);
return View(Model);
}
[HttpPost]
public JsonResult FilterTeachers(String teacherName, String instrumentID, String cityID)
{
Model.Teachers = TeacherService.GetTeacherList("John", 0, 0);
return Json(Model.Teachers);
}
Thanks.