ASP.NET MVC 3 WebGrid, preserve the paging and define the route - asp.net-mvc-3

Question

I am start to learn the MVC3, But i have some problem on WebGrid,
The Controller name is TestController, so i navigate to :
http://localhost:53503/Test/
And the Webgrid shown as below:
two column : ID and Name.
the 3rd & 4th column : Actionlink and item.GetSelectLink.
The first problem is :
Assume i viewing page 3 of webgrid, and press the ActionLink,after go-thought the TestContoller's Action, the webgrid will return to page 1 after PostBack.
However,if i press the [View(GetSelectLink)] on right end:
(e.g. http://localhost:53503/Test/?gridItems_page=3&gridItems_selectedRow=3
It works.
So, i should use ActionLink or GetSelectLink for general Add/Update/Delete operation?
MVC3 hasn't viewstate / control state, so how can i preserve the current page selection after PostBack?
The second problem is :
The (href) of ActionLink is :
http://localhost:53503/Test/GetSelection/7?Name=PSP
I would make it to
http://localhost:53503/Test/GetSelection/7/PSP
I add a new route to global.asax, but it is no luck.
Thanks you very much for help.
It is my code:
Views/Test/Index.cshtml
#model List<MvcContract.Controllers.Products>
#{
System.Web.Helpers.WebGrid grid = new System.Web.Helpers.WebGrid(
source: Model,
canPage: true,
rowsPerPage: 3,
fieldNamePrefix: "gridItems_",
pageFieldName: "page",
selectionFieldName: "selectedRow"
);
}
#{
if (Model != null)
{
#grid.GetHtml(
columns: grid.Columns(
grid.Column("ID"),
grid.Column("Name"),
grid.Column(format: (item) => Html.ActionLink("View(ActionLink)", "GetSelection", new { ID = item.ID, Name = item.Name })),
grid.Column(format: (item) => item.GetSelectLink("View(GetSelectLink)"))
)
);
}
}
Controllers/TestController.cs
namespace MvcContract.Controllers
{
public class Products
{
public string ID { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public List<Products> GetItems()
{
List<Products> items = new List<Products>();
items.Add(new Products() { ID = "1", Name = "PS3" });
items.Add(new Products() { ID = "2", Name = "XBox360" });
items.Add(new Products() { ID = "3", Name = "Wii" });
items.Add(new Products() { ID = "4", Name = "Saturn" });
items.Add(new Products() { ID = "5", Name = "Dreamcast" });
items.Add(new Products() { ID = "6", Name = "NDS" });
items.Add(new Products() { ID = "7", Name = "PSP" });
items.Add(new Products() { ID = "8", Name = "NeoGeo" });
items.Add(new Products() { ID = "9", Name = "3DO" });
items.Add(new Products() { ID = "10", Name = "Playdia" });
return items;
}
}
public class TestController : Controller
{
//Bind data to WebGrid
public ActionResult Index()
{
Products products = new Products();
return View(products.GetItems());
}
//Some Logic
public ActionResult GetSelection(string ID, string Name)
{
string SelectedID = ID;
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
}
}
RegisterRoutes() in Global.asax.cs
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute(
"Default", // Route name
"{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
);
routes.MapRoute(
"Test_GetSelection", // Route name
"{controller}/{action}/{id}/{name}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Test", action = "GetSelection", id = UrlParameter.Optional, name = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
);
}

Answer 1

Check out this discussion. I think one of several solutions there may solve your issue.
Since its been a whole year since you posted this, please post an answer if you figured it out another way.