Load partial view into div

Question

I'm trying to load a partial view into a div from a calling view, however the partial view loads into a new page. There isn't much code to it and I've tried various ways from other posts, but it still loads into a new page. So I think I might be missing something fundamental.

Controller

[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Get)]
public ActionResult Index()
{
    return View();
}

public ActionResult Test()
{
    return PartialView("Test");
}

View

<script src="../../Scripts/MicrosoftAjax.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="../../Scripts/MicrosoftMvcAjax.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

@using (Ajax.BeginForm("Test", "Home", new AjaxOptions { InsertionMode=InsertionMode.Replace, UpdateTargetId = "mydiv" }))
{    
    @Ajax.ActionLink("Save", "Test", "Home", new AjaxOptions{ });
}

<div id="mydiv">
    @Html.Partial("Test")
</div>

PartialView

<h1>Test</h1>

Darin Dimitrov Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-30T09:26:31

Couple of remarks about your code:

Ajax.* helpers in ASP.NET MVC 3 RC2 no longer use MS AJAX which has been deprecated in favor of jQuery, so your script inclusions are wrong. You need to include jquery
You have an ajax form without a submit button and an ajax link inside this form. This makes no sense. Either use an ajax form or an ajax link.

So your code might look something among the lines:

<script src="@Url.Content("~/scripts/jquery-1.4.4.js")" type="text/javascript"></script>

@Ajax.ActionLink("Save", "Test", "Home", new AjaxOptions { 
    InsertionMode = InsertionMode.Replace, 
    UpdateTargetId = "mydiv"
})

<div id="mydiv">
    @Html.Partial("Test")
</div>

Load partial view into div

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