MVC razor form with multiple different submit buttons?

Solution 1:

You could also try this:

<input type="submit" name="submitbutton1" value="submit1" />
<input type="submit" name="submitbutton2" value="submit2" />

Then in your default function you call the functions you want:

if( Request.Form["submitbutton1"] != null)
{
    // Code for function 1
}
else if(Request.Form["submitButton2"] != null )
{
    // code for function 2
}

Solution 2:

This elegant solution works for number of submit buttons:

@Html.Begin()
{
  // Html code here
  <input type="submit" name="command" value="submit1" />
  <input type="submit" name="command" value="submit2" />

}

And in your controllers' action method accept it as a parameter.

public ActionResult Create(Employee model, string command)
{
    if(command.Equals("submit1"))
    {
      // Call action here...
    }
    else
    {
      // Call another action here...
    }
}