How can I prevent a partial view from disappearing upon submit? - ajax

Question

I’m using BeginForm inside of a child view. When I submit the form I’m still on the parent view but the child view goes away. I would like for the information to be submitted but the form to remain until the user wants to load another partial view or move away from the page entirely. Is there a way to prevent the page from disappearing upon submit? Here’s what my BeginForm looks like:
using (Html.BeginForm("Action", "Controller", new { fromTeacherPage = true, searchTeacher = instructorName, selectedDepartment = Model.Assignments.FirstOrDefault().departmentNumber, id = Model.Assignments.FirstOrDefault().InstructorId, strCategoryName = #ViewBag.categoryname }, FormMethod.Post, new { #name = "formName", #class = "nameOfClass" }))
{
//code for form here
<button id="submitButton" class="submitButton">Submit</button><br />
}
UPDATE:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#datep").datepicker({ showOn: "both", buttonText: "Select Date", changeMonth: true, changeYear: true, yearRange: "-2:+2", showOtherMonths: true, onSelect: function (date, datepickder) {
var sltdDate = { selectedDate: date };
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: "/Schedule/GetSchedule",
data: sltdDate,
datatype: "html",
success: function (data) {
$("#returnedData").html(data);
$("#returnedData #dateContainer").remove();
$("<button>Hide</button>").appendTo("#homeworkUpdateId-0")
}
});
}
});
});
</script>
#{
int? intTeacherID = Convert.ToInt32(HttpContext.Current.Session["intTeacherId"]);
string instructorName = (from x in Model.Enrollments where x.InstructorId == intTeacherID select x.InstructorFullName).FirstOrDefault();
}
<div id="dateContainer">
<label for ="datep">Date: </label><input id="datep" />
</div>
<div id="returnedData">
#if (Model.Assignments != null)
{
using (Html.BeginForm("Action", "Controller", new { fromTeacherPage = true, searchTeacher = instructorName, selectedDepartment = Model.Assignments.FirstOrDefault().departmentNumber, id = Model.Assignments.FirstOrDefault().teacherId, strCategoryName = #ViewBag.categoryname }, FormMethod.Post, new { #name = "formName", #class = "submitAttendance" }))
{
<table>
<tr>
<th>
Grade
</th>
<th>
Attendance
</th>
<th>
Clas Day
</th>
<th>
Assignment Type
</th>
<th>
Overall Grade
</th>
</tr>
#foreach (var assignment in Model.Assignments.Select((x, i) => new { Data = x, Index = i }))
{
int asgnIndex = assignment.Index;
<tr id="rowId+#asgnIndex">
<td>
<div id="homeworkUpdateId-#asgnIndex">
#Html.TextBox("HomeworkGrade", assignment.Data.HomeworkGrade.ToString(), new { style = "width:55px; text-align: center" })
</div>
</td>
</table>
<button id="submitButton" class="submitButton">Submit </button><br />
}
}
</div>

Answer 1

You are using
using(Html.BeginForm()){}
this will refresh the whole page if you only want to reload some section inside your view you have to use
using (Ajax.BeginForm("Action", "Controller", null, new AjaxOptions {UpdateTargetId = "divToUpdate", InsertionMode = InsertionMode.Replace, HttpMethod = "GET"}, new {id = "someIdFOrm"}))