Can not pass data from a view to a controller - asp.net-mvc

Question

I started working with MVC and i am currently working on an application. I ran into a small problem when I'm trying to pass some data from a view to a controller action.
This is my model :
public class TicketIndexModel
{
public IEnumerable<Ticket> ticketList { get; set; }
public Ticket newTicket { get; set; }
}
This is my controller action :
public ActionResult AddTicket(Ticket ticket)
{
string user = User.Identity.Name;
TicketDetail ticketDetails = new TicketDetail();
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
ticket.DateCreated = DateTime.Now;
ticket.Status = "submitted";
ticket.UserName = user;
db.Tickets.Add(ticket);
db.SaveChanges();
//some other stuff
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
And in the view, first i show all the tickets and after that I have a small form to add a new ticket. This is how the form looks like.
#using (Html.BeginForm("AddTicket","Ticket",FormMethod.Post)) {
<div class="editor-label">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.newTicket.Title)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.newTicket.Title)
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.newTicket.Title)
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.newTicket.Description)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.TextAreaFor(model => model.newTicket.Description, new { rows= "8",cols="2"})
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.newTicket.Description)
</div>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</p>
}
The problem I am facing is when I try to add a new ticket, the ticket parameter is always null, so If(ModelState.Isvalid) <- is always false and so i can not add new tickets to the DB.
Does anyone have any ideas why ?
Later Edit :
My model is now :
public IPagedList<Ticket> ticketList { get; set; }
//[Required(ErrorMessage ="Title required")]
[Display(Name = "Title")]
public string TicketTitle { get; set; }
//[Required(ErrorMessage="Description Required")]
[Display(Name = "Description")]
public string TicketDescription { get; set; }
My method is now :
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult AddTicket(TicketIndexModel newTicket)
{
string user = User.Identity.Name;
Ticket ticket = new Ticket();
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
ticket.Title = newTicket.TicketTitle;
ticket.Description = newTicket.TicketDescription;
ticket.DateCreated = DateTime.Now;
ticket.Status = "open";
ticket.UserName = user;
db.Tickets.Add(ticket);
db.SaveChanges();
The problem i now have is the following :
If in the model, i comment [Required] i can add a ticket, if not, in the controller, the newTicket in the signature is null every time i submit a new ticket. But, the controller enters the if(ModelState.IsValid) and i get an error at db.SaveChanges(ticket).
I need both server and client side validation. Can you help me ?

Answer 1

Your AddTicket method should look like this
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult AddTicket(TicketIndexModel ticketIndexModel)
Then access newTicket from the object passed into it.