MVC parial view going to get method rather than post on submit - asp.net-mvc

Question

I have a partial view which shows a search box with a couple of options
model PatientSearchViewModel
#using (Html.BeginForm("Index", "Patient", FormMethod.Post, new { #class = "form-inline" }))
{
<form class="form-inline">
<label style="padding-right:20px;">Search for a patient</label>
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.SearchText, new { htmlAttributes = new { #class = "form-control", placeholder = "Search...", autocomplete = "off" } })
<div class="checkbox">
<div class="checkbox" style="padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px;">
<label>#Html.EditorFor(model => model.ShowOnlyOpenClients) Show only open clients</label>
</div>
</div>
<button type='submit' name='seach' id='search-btn' class="btn btn-primary"><i class="fa fa-search"></i>Search</button>
</form>
}
When the submit button is hit I want it to go to my method below with the search content already complete, however instead it goes to the HttpGet method which is bringing back a null for the PatientSearchViewModel.
[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Index(PatientSearchViewModel patient)
{
PatientSearchViewModel patientVM = GetSearchResults(patient);
return View(patientVM);
}
Can anyone explain how I can get this to work?

Answer 1

I have executed the code snippet you pasted here and found that
As you are making the use of the [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
attribute so you need to add the #Html.AntiForgeryToken(); this
statement in your partial view inside the
#using(Html.BeginForm()){ } block.
One more thing make sure that your action method will be inside the
PatientController.
For your reference (this is my code)
#model WebApplication.Models.PatientSearchViewModel
#using (Html.BeginForm("Index", "Patient", FormMethod.Post, new { #class = "form-inline" }))
{
#Html.AntiForgeryToken();
<label style="padding-right:20px;">Search for a patient</label>
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.SearchText, new { htmlAttributes = new { #class = "form-control", placeholder = "Search...", autocomplete = "off" } })
<div class="checkbox">
<div class="checkbox" style="padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px;">
<label>#Html.EditorFor(model => model.ShowOnlyOpenClients) Show only open clients</label>
</div>
</div>
<button type='submit' name='seach' id='search-btn' class="btn btn-primary"><i class="fa fa-search"></i>Search</button>
}
Suggestion: As you have used the #using(Html.BeginForm()) which will any way going to convert to <form> tag so instead of using another <form class="form-inline"> inside it is creating the confusion please you may remove it.
I hope this will solve your problem.