MVC5 / Razor TextAreaFor null value

Question

I have a very basic @Html.TextAreaFor() on a form, and for some reason, the text area's value never makes it to my controller.

VIEW

<p class="SmallText">(Multiple Entries Allowed)</p>
@Html.TextAreaFor(x => x.quickSearch, new { cols = 30, @rows = 5 })

VIEW-MODEL

public String quickSearch;

CONTROLLER

public ActionResult FindRecord(FindRecordViewModel Model)
{       
    var ImNotCrazy = Model.quickSearch;
}

The problem is that when I debug Model.quickSearch is always null and never has a value.

DLeh · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-29 13:54:01Z

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Your view model has to have Properties, not fields, to work properly with model binding. So change public String quickSearch; to public String quickSearch { get; set; }.

Also, you should use standard naming conventions and change the name of the field to QuickSearch

answered Jun 29, 2015 at 13:54

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2 Comments

mituw16 Over a year ago

Oh my god, I can't believe I missed the obvious answer right in front me. That was it! The old second pair of eyes thing ;) As far as the naming convention goes, I didn't actually write this code, just helping a coworker figure out why it wasn't working.

ediblecode Over a year ago

@mituw16 That would be a third pair of eyes then ;)

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