JavaScript Failing in Partial View MVC

Question

I had a MVC 5 view which has a tab control. I have the following view

@using System.Collections
@using MyComp.Content.Text;
@using MyComp.Utilities;
@using System.Linq;
@model MyComp.Models.ViewModels.AdministratorViewModel

<style type="text/css">
    ...
</style>

<script src="~/Scripts/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<script src="~/Scripts/jquery-2.0.0.js"></script>

<div class="manage">
    <ul class="nav nav-tabs" id="myTab">
        <li class="active">
            <a data-toggle="tab" href="#invite">
                <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-inbox"></span>Invite
            </a>
        </li>
        <li>
            <a data-toggle="tab" href="#custom_invite">
                <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-pencil"></span>Custom Invite
            </a>
        </li>
    </ul>
    <div class="tab-content">
        <div id="invite" class="tab-pane active fade in">
            @Html.Partial("_InvitePartial", Model)
        </div>
        <div id="custom_invite" class="htmlCode tab-pane fade">
            @Html.Partial("_CustomInvitePartial", Model)
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
@section scripts {
    <script>
        function onSuccess(result) {
            $('#notify_failure_message').html(result.notify_failure);
            $('#notify_success_message').html(result.notify_success);
        }
    </script>
    <script>
        $(function () {
            $("input[type=button]").click(function () {
                var data_email = $('#email').val();
                var data_product = $('#product option:selected').text();
                $.ajax({
                    url: 'Tools/SendInvite',
                    type: 'POST',
                    data: { email: data_email, product: data_product },
                    success: function (result) {
                        $('#fail_message').html(result.result_failure);
                        $('#success_message').html(result.result_success);
                    }
                });
            });
        });
    </script>
}

and my partial view as

@using System.Collections
@using MyComp.Content.Text;
@using MyComp.Utilities;
@using System.Linq;
@model MyComp.Models.ViewModels.AdministratorViewModel

@using (Html.BeginForm("SendInvite", "Tools", FormMethod.Post,
    new { @class = "form-horizontal", role = "form" }))
{
    @Html.AntiForgeryToken()
    <h2>Invite Users</h2>
    <div class="form-group">
        @Html.LabelFor(m => m.EmailAddress, new { @class = "col-md-2 control-label" })
        <div class="col-md-10">
            @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.EmailAddress,
                new { @class = "form-control", id = "email" })
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.EmailAddress)
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="form-group">
        @Html.Label("Access To", new { @class = "col-md-2 control-label" })
        <div class="col-md-10">
            @Html.DropDownList("Product", new SelectList(
                new List<Object> {
                    new { Text = "ProcuctA", Value = "ProcuctA" },
                    new { Text = "ProcuctB", Value = "ProcuctB" },
                    new { Text = "All", Value = "All" }},
                    "Value",
                    "Text"),
                    new { @class = "form-control", id = "product" })
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="form-group">
        <div class="col-md-offset-2 col-md-10">
            <span id="fail_message" class="label label-danger"></span>
            <span id="success_message" class="label label-success"></span>
            @*<p class="text-info">Test Message</p>*@
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="form-group">
        <div class="col-md-offset-2 col-md-10">
            <input type="button" id="invite_button" value="Invite User" class="btn btn-primary" />
        </div>
    </div>
}

Bu my button id="invite_button" won't fire the controller method. When I had everything in a single view it did fire and all was fine, this was using the same java script, why has this stopped working when I have moved to a partial view?

Thanks for your time.

---

Edit. my main view that hosts the partial views is

@using System.Collections
@using VisasysNET.Content.Text;
@using VisasysNET.Utilities;
@using System.Linq;
@model VisasysNET.Models.ViewModels.AdministratorViewModel

<style type="text/css">
    span {
        padding-right: 10px;
    }
    ...
</style>

<script src="~/Scripts/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<script src="~/Scripts/jquery-2.0.0.js"></script>

<div class="manage">
    <ul class="nav nav-tabs" id="myTab">
        <li class="active">
            <a data-toggle="tab" href="#invite">
                <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-inbox"></span>Invite
            </a>
        </li>
        <li>
            <a data-toggle="tab" href="#custom_invite">
                <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-pencil"></span>Custom Invite
            </a>
        </li>
    </ul>
    <div class="tab-content">
        <div id="invite" class="tab-pane active fade in">
            @Html.Partial("_InvitePartial", Model)
        </div>
        <div id="custom_invite" class="htmlCode tab-pane fade">
            @Html.Partial("_CustomInvitePartial", Model)
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
@section scripts {
    <script>
        function onSuccess(result) {
            $('#notify_failure_message').html(result.notify_failure);
            $('#notify_success_message').html(result.notify_success);
        }
    </script>
    <script>
        $(function () {
            $("input[type=button]").click(function () {
                var data_email = $('#email').val();
                var data_product = $('#product option:selected').text();
                $.ajax({
                    url: 'Tools/SendInvite',
                    type: 'POST',
                    data: { email: data_email, product: data_product },
                    success: function (result) {
                        $('#fail_message').html(result.result_failure);
                        $('#success_message').html(result.result_success);
                    }
                });
            });
        });
    </script>
}

Answer 1

Try modifying the input button type from submit to button - it will work.. I tried with alert in a sample application and it worked.. for me. Below is the code. Here's the MVC index view

<script type="text/javascript">   

    $(document).ready(function () {
        $("input[type=button]").click(function () {
            alert("hello from partial class");
        });
    });

</script>

<h2>@ViewBag.Message</h2>
<p>
    To learn more about ASP.NET MVC visit <a href="http://asp.net/mvc" title="ASP.NET MVC Website">
        http://asp.net/mvc</a>.
</p>
<div>
    @Html.Partial("~/Views/Home/_MyTest.cshtml")

and here the partial view

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "_MyTest";
}

<div>
    <input type="button" id="invite_button" value="Invite User"/>
</div>

So on click on the button I am able to the jquery and alert popup's up

hope this helps..

Answer 2

invite_button does not have any javascript referencing it. Neither is it of type submit. This button will always do nothing.

It looks like you expect it to be of type submit.

<input type="submit" id="invite_button" value="Invite User" class="btn btn-primary" />

Answer 3

you need to render scripts in your layout view.

<body>
   <!-- Other Code -->
   @RenderSection("scripts", required: false)
</body>

Answer 4

section's do not work within partial views,

see here:

Injecting content into specific sections from a partial view ASP.NET MVC 3 with Razor View Engine