The recommended way to generate a form is the following:
<div id="deletestatusupdate">
@if (update.User.UserName.Equals(User.Identity.Name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
{
using(Html.BeginForm("deleteupdate", "home"))
{
@Html.Hidden("returnUrl", Request.Url.ToString())
<button name="id" value="@update.StatusUpdateId">Delete</button>
}
}
</div>
Alternatively you could do this:
<div id="deletestatusupdate">
@if (update.User.UserName.Equals(User.Identity.Name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
{
Html.BeginForm("deleteupdate", "home");
@Html.Hidden("returnUrl", Request.Url.ToString())
<button name="id" value="@update.StatusUpdateId">Delete</button>
Html.EndForm();
}
</div>
The reason why your original approach did not work is because BeginForm()
writes directly to the output.