I have a MVC, multiple select DropDownList
that populates the Select Items from a SelectListItem
model.
@Html.DropDownList("EmployeeStatuses", (IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)ViewBag.EmployeeStatuses, new { multiple = "multiple", style = "width: 100%;", @class = "select2", onchange = "UpdateEmployeeStatusFilter()", id = "employee-status-type" })
When the user selects or unselects items from the DropDownList
, I want to run a method in my controller that will filter the data in the view. This is done with the onChange
event UpdateEmployeeStatusFilter()
.
<script type="text/javascript">
function UpdateEmployeeStatusFilter() {
var value = $('#employee-status-type').val();
console.log(value);
var a = ["X", "Y", "Z"];
console.log(a);
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: '@Url.Action("SearchEmployee", "Employee")',
data: { valueMember: value },
dataType: 'json',
traditional: true,
success: function (msg) { alert(msg) }
});
};
</script>
When I debug the script, I am able to get the value of value
and write that to the console window. When the controller method is called, the value is null
.
public IActionResult SearchEmployee(string itemsSelected)
{
// Do Stuff with itemsSelected
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
My question is how do I get that value into my controller?
I am not sure if this code is relevant or not, but I will include it for clarity.
public IActionResult Index()
{
// Get Employment Statuses
IEnumerable<SelectListItem> statuses = _mockDataRepository.GetEmployeeStatuses().Select(c => new SelectListItem
{
Value = c.ValueMember,
Text = c.DisplayMember,
Selected = c.ValueMember == "AC"
});
ViewBag.EmployeeStatuses = statuses;
}
public class SelectListItem
{
[Key]
public string ValueMember { get; set; }
public string DisplayMember { get; set; }
public int SortOrder { get; set; } = 0;
}
CodePudding user response:
Name mismatch. The SearchEmployee()
action method has itemsSelected
input parameter. Therefore set the same parameter name in the .ajax
call:
data: { itemsSelected: value },