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TempData Dropping Data

I'm trying to persist a TempData value on a return PartialView(). It works correctly in one Post but not another and I'm stymied.
In the following action it works correctly and the value gets passed, via javascript redirect to the action that is using the value:
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult DeletetheFile(int attachmentid, string issueId)
{
string response = _adoSqlService.DeleteAttachment(attachmentid);
TempData["ID"]= issueId;
TempData.Keep();
return PartialView("_DeleteFile");
}
In the following action it is getting set properly (see the first image), but by the time it gets to the same action as the first one I showed it has changed (see second image).
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult EditFile(IFormCollection collection)
{
AttachmentModel model = new AttachmentModel();
model.attachmentId = Convert.ToInt32(collection["attachmentId"]);
model.aIssueAttachmentDescription = collection["aIssueAttachmentDescription"];
string response = _adoSqlService.EditFileDescription(model);
TempData.Remove("ID");
TempData["ID"] = collection["issueId"];
TempData.Keep();
return PartialView("_EditFile");
}
When it gets to the where I need it is now returning [string1] instead of the 20-003.
Both of the above actions run against a partial view in a modal pop-up. The following javascript captures the modal action and redirects the results to the Issue/Edit controller/action.
$('body').on('click', '.relative', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var form = $(this).parents('.modal').find('form');
var actionUrl = form.attr('action');
var dataToSend = form.serialize();
$.post(actionUrl, dataToSend).done(function (data) {
$('body').find('.modal-content').html(data);
var isValid = $('body').find('[name="IsValid"]').val() == 'True';
if (isValid) {
$('body').find('#modal-container').modal('hide');
window.location.href = "/Issue/Edit";
}
});
})
The redirection seems to happen since the edit action is being called in both cases. It's just that in the second case it is not getting the correct value of the TempData value. Here is the start of the Edit action which resides in a different controller than the 2 actions above:
public ActionResult Edit(string id)
{
if (id == null)
{
id = TempData["ID"].ToString();
}
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So after working on this for the past 4 hrs I've come up with a work-around. I'm not sure this is the correct technique or not. What I ended up doing was adding a hidden input field on the partial views and then parsing the ajax response for that value.
var issueid = $(response).find('[name="issueidSaved"]').val();
window.location.href = "/Issue/Edit/?id=" + issueid
My concern now is that the issueid is now included in the query string and is visible in the URL.
Is this the correct method or should I go back to using TempData and trying to get that to work?
UPDATE
Hopefully I can explain this better. The goal is to get a TempData value into the following action in my Issues Controller which is tied to my Edit Page (Issues/Edit):
public ActionResult Edit(string id)
{
if (id == null)
{
id = TempData["ID"].ToString();
}
I have a modal on my Edit page that is populated with different partial views depending upon what is populating it. The partial views use the Attachment controller, while the Edit view uses the Issues Controller. I use Javascript/ajax to capture the submit from the partial views to close the modal and redirect to the Edit view so a refresh of the data affected by the partial views is reflected on the Edit view. The TempData value is working correctly when I submit the _DeleteFile, but not when I submit the _EditFile partial views in the modal.
Here is the common Javascript/ajax on the Edit view:
#section Scripts {
#{await Html.RenderPartialAsync("_ValidationScriptsPartial");}
<script>
//Using this to scroll the page on the close of the modal/page refresh
$(document).ready(function () {
var JumpTo = '#ViewBag.JumpToDivId';
if (JumpTo != "") {
$(this).scrollTop($('#' + JumpTo).position().top);
}
});
//Using this to Capture the click that opens the modals
$('body').on('click', '.modal-link', function () {
var actionUrl = $(this).attr('href');
$.get(actionUrl).done(function (data) {
$('body').find('.modal-content').html(data);
});
$(this).attr('data-target', '#modal-container');
$(this).attr('data-toggle', 'modal');
});
//Using this to Capture the click that Submits the _EditFile,_DeleteFile,_CreateEdit forms on the modal
$('body').on('click', '.relative', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var form = $(this).parents('.modal').find('form');
var actionUrl = form.attr('action');
var dataToSend = form.serialize();
$.post(actionUrl, dataToSend).done(function (data) {
$('body').find('.modal-content').html(data);
var isValid = $('body').find('[name="IsValid"]').val() == 'True';
var issueid = "";
issueid = $('body').find('[name="issueidSaved"]').val();
var jumpto = $('body').find('[name="jumpto"]').val();
if (isValid) {
$('body').find('#modal-container').modal('hide');
if (issueid == "")
{
window.location.href = "/Issue/Edit/?id=" + issueid + "&jumpto=" + jumpto;
}
}
});
})
//Using this to Capture the click that Submits the _UploadFile form on the modal
$(function () {
$('body').on('click', '.fileupload', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var form = $(this).parents('.modal').find('form');
var actionUrl = form.attr('action');
var fdata = new FormData();
$('input[name="file"]').each(function (a, b) {
var fileInput = $('input[name="file"]')[a];
if (fileInput.files.length > 0) {
var file = fileInput.files[0];
fdata.append("file", file);
}
});
$("form input[type='text']").each(function (x, y) {
fdata.append($(y).attr("name"), $(y).val());
});
$("form input[type='hidden']").each(function (x, y) {
fdata.append($(y).attr("name"), $(y).val());
});
$.ajax({
url: actionUrl,
method: "POST",
contentType: false,
processData: false,
data: fdata
}).done((response, textStatus, xhr) => {
var isValid = $(response).find('[name="IsValid"]').val() == 'True';
var issueid = $(response).find('[name="issueidSaved"]').val();
var jumpto = $(response).find('[name="jumpto"]').val();
if (isValid) {
$('body').find('#modal-container').modal('hide');
window.location.href = "/Issue/Edit/?id=" + issueid + "&jumpto="+jumpto;
}
});
})
});
$('body').on('click', '.close', function () {
$('body').find('#modal-container').modal('hide');
});
$('#CancelModal').on('click', function () {
return false;
});
$("form").submit(function () {
if ($('form').valid()) {
$("input").removeAttr("disabled");
}
});
</script>
Here is the _DeleteFile Partial view and the AttachmentController code that handles the submit:
<!--Modal Body Start-->
<div class="modal-content">
<input name="IsValid" type="hidden" value="#ViewData.ModelState.IsValid.ToString()" />
<input name="issueidSaved" type="hidden" value="#ViewBag.ID" />
<input name="jumpto" type="hidden" value="#ViewBag.JumpToDivId" />
<!--Modal Header Start-->
<div class="modal-header">
<h4 class="modal-title">Delete File</h4>
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button>
</div>
<!--Modal Header End-->
<form asp-action="DeletetheFile" asp-route-attachmentid="#ViewBag.id" asp-route-issueId="#ViewBag.issueId" asp-controller="Attachment" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
#Html.AntiForgeryToken()
<div class="modal-body form-horizontal">
Are you sure you want to delete the #ViewBag.title File?
<!--Modal Footer Start-->
<div class="modal-footer">
<button data-dismiss="modal" id="cancel" class="btn btn-default" type="button">No</button>
<input type="submit" class="btn btn-success relative" id="btnSubmit" data-save="modal" value="Yes">
</div>
<div class="row">
</div>
</div> <!--Modal Footer End-->
</form>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
});
</script>
<!--Modal Body End-->
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult DeletetheFile(int attachmentid, string issueId)
{
string response = _adoSqlService.DeleteAttachment(attachmentid);
ViewBag.ID = issueId;
ViewBag.JumpToDivId = "upload";
TempData["ID"]= issueId;
TempData.Keep();
return PartialView("_DeleteFile");
}
Here is the _EditFile partial view and the AttachmentController code:
Edit File
×
<form asp-action="EditFile" asp-controller="Attachment" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
#Html.AntiForgeryToken()
<div class="modal-body form-horizontal">
<input name="issueId" type="hidden" value="#ViewBag.issueId" />
<input name="attachmentId" type="hidden" value="#ViewBag.attachmentId" />
<label class="control-label">#ViewBag.aFileName</label><br />
Make changes to description then select "Save Changes".<br />
<input name="aIssueAttachmentDescription" class="form-control formtableborders" id="titletext" value="#ViewBag.aIssueAttachmentDescription" />
<!--Modal Footer Start-->
<div class="modal-footer">
<button data-dismiss="modal" id="cancel" class="btn btn-default" type="button">No</button>
<input type="submit" class="btn btn-success relative" id="btnSubmit" data-save="modal" value="Save Changes">
</div>
<div class="row">
</div>
</div> <!--Modal Footer End-->
</form>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
});
</script>
<!--Modal Body End-->
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult EditFile(IFormCollection collection)
{
AttachmentModel model = new AttachmentModel();
model.attachmentId = Convert.ToInt32(collection["attachmentId"]);
model.aIssueAttachmentDescription = collection["aIssueAttachmentDescription"];
string response = _adoSqlService.EditFileDescription(model);
ViewBag.ID = collection["issueId"];
ViewBag.JumpToDivId = "upload";
TempData.Remove("ID");
TempData["ID"] = collection["issueId"];
TempData.Keep();
return PartialView("_EditFile");
}
When I inspect the TempData at the Issue/Edit action after the _DeleteFile submit it displays the following (which is correct):
When I inspect the TempData at the Issue/Edit action after the _EditFile submit it displays the following (which is incorrect):

You need to change
TempData["ID"] = collection["issueId"];
to
TempData["ID"] = collection["issueId"].ToString();
Because collection["issueId"] is Type Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives.StringValues rathar than Type String.
Here is a picture to show the Type:

Weird double post call in sitefinity

I have a very weird problem. Let's say I have two same forms/widgets on the same page , this is the code for the form:
<form>
<input class="form-group" type="text" title="FirstName" name="FirstName" id="FirstName" /><br />
<input class="form-group" type="text" title="LastName" name="LastName" id="LastName" /><br />
<input class="form-group" type="tel" title="PhoneNumber" name="PhoneNumber" id="PhoneNumber" /><br />
#Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.HearingID, Model.Hierings, new { #id = "HearingID", #class = "form-group" })<br />
#Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.ConnectTypeID, Model.ConnectTypes, new { #id = "ConnectTypeID", #class = "form-group" })<br />
<input type="button" value="Save" id="#buttonid" />
</form>
And the following js sends an ajax request.
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$("form").submit(function (e) {
debugger;
e.preventDefault();
var form = $("form");
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: jQuery(location).attr('pathname') + '/Save/',
data: form.serialize(),
error: function (xhr, status, error) {
alert("Error");
},
success: function (e) {
}
});
});
return false;
});
</script>
By the laws of logic it should send the post request one time, but for some weird reason the number of calls correlates with the number of forms on the page. So if I have two forms - it sends the request two times. I tried everything, even giving the form a unique id, and yet still - two requests. The JS isn't working two times, the JS works one time but it still sends the request two times, and I can't figure out why.

I think you should give your form a unique ID which is generated on the server. In this way, when you drag your widget twice on the page, it will be rendered with different IDs, and moreover the jQuery selector will look for the form with the right ID. Following is a sample code of how I managed to get only one submit when I drag the widget two times on the page:
#{
// generate ID on the server
string formId = System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
}
<form id="#formId">
...
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$('#' + '#formId').submit(function (e) {
// code here
});
});
</script>

Rendering a Partial View on button click in a div C# MVC 5

I have been following the answers on here but can't seem to get it to work. I think it's firing my function and calling my controller but it isn't rendering my partial view. Any help would be awesome.
Controller
public ActionResult Detail(int? id)
{
if (id == null)
{
return new HttpStatusCodeResult(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
}
User_Accounts user_accounts = db.User_Accounts.Find(id);
if (user_accounts == null)
{
return HttpNotFound();
}
return PartialView("_Detail", user_accounts);
}
HTML
<h2>Index</h2>
<div class="container left">
<div class="panel-default panelbox" style="position:static">
#*<p>
#Html.ActionLink("Create New", "Create")*#
#using (Html.BeginForm("Index", "Users", FormMethod.Get))
{
<p>
Type: #Html.DropDownList("userType", "All")
</p>
<p>
Last Name: #Html.TextBox("SearchString")
</p>
}
</div>
<div class="panel panel-default left">
<div class="panel-heading">
<label style="text-align:center">
User
</label>
</div>
<div class="table-responsive">
<table id="UserTable" class="table-bordered table leftPanel table-condensed">
#foreach (var item in Model)
{
<tr>
<td>
<button data-url='#Html.Action("Detail", "Users", new { id = item.user_id_IN })' id="js-reload-details">#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.DisplayName)</button>
#*#Html.ActionLink(item.DisplayName, "Detail", new { id = item.user_id_IN }, new { onclick = "renderPartial();" })*#
</td>
</tr>
}
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<label>Details</label>
<div id="detailsDiv"></div>
</div>
Script
<script>
$('.js-reload-details').click(function (evt) {
var $detailDiv = $('#detailsDiv'),
url = $(this).data('url');
$.get(url, function (data) {
$detailsDiv.replaceWith(data);
});
});
</script>
Let me know if you need anything else.

You cant use data-url='#Html.Action("Detail", "Users", new { id = item.user_id_IN })' in your button to generate a url. #Html.Action() is a method which calls you controller. What would be happening is that for each item in your model you would be hitting the Detail method of UsersController (performance must of been awful if you had a lot of items :) ).
Since you appear to need only the one url (/Users/Detail) I suggest you just store the ID in data to minimize the html generated. As noted in the other answers you also need to use a class name for the button to prevent invalid html, and I also suggest using type="button" because the default (depending on the browser) may be "submit" (you don't have a form so does not matter in this case, but its good practice to get into). There is also no real need to use #Html.DisplayFor() unless your using a custom DisplayTemplate or have a [DisplayFormat] attribute on the property.
Change the html to
<button type="button" data-id="#item.user_id_IN" class="js-reload-details">#item.DisplayName</button>
and the script to
var url = '#Url.Action("Detail", "Users");
$('.js-reload-details').click(function() {
$.get(url, { id: $(this).data('id') }, function (data) {
$('#detailsDiv').html(data);
});
});
Note you do not want to use replaceWith() in your case. .replaceWith() would replace the actual div <div id="detailsDiv"></div> with the html your method returned, so the next time a user clicked on this or any other button, the method would be called, but <div id="detailsDiv"></div> no longer exists and nothing would happen.
$('#detailsDiv').html('Hello world');
renders
<div id="detailsDiv">Hello world</div>
but
$('#detailsDiv').replaceWith('Hello world');
renders
Hello world

The id of your button id="js-reload-details"
Mistake this code is repeated in a foreach loop. which will cause multiple id's of the same name on your HTML page.
Your click event is on : '.js-reload-details'. which is a class:
so make your code like this:
#foreach (var item in Model)
{
<tr>
<td>
<button data-url='#Html.Action("Detail", "Users", new { id = item.user_id_IN })' class="js-reload-details">
#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.DisplayName)
</button>
</td>
</tr>
}
One error I noticed in your jQuery is that you have $detailsDiv.replaceWith(data);
It should be $detailDiv according to your code: var detailDiv = $('#detailsDiv'); instead of $detailsDiv
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.js-reload-details').click(function (evt) {
evt.stopPropagation();
var detailDiv = $('#detailsDiv');
// TRY using the attr function:
var url = $(this).attr("data-url");
$.get(url, function (data) {
detailDiv.html(data);
});
});
});
</script>
UPDATE:
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.js-reload-details').click(function (evt) {
evt.stopPropagation();
var detailDiv = $('#detailsDiv');
// TRY using the attr function:
var url = $(this).attr("data-url");
$.get(url).success(function(result) {
detailDiv.html(result);
});
});
</script>

It's a good practice we use unique id's for our HTML elements. Since the following statement is going to be executed mulitple times
<button data-url='#Html.Action("Detail", "Users", new { id = item.user_id_IN })' id="js-reload-details">#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.DisplayName)</button>
You will have multiple buttons with the same id. Instead of doing so, you could use a class.
<button data-url='#Html.Action("Detail", "Users", new { id = item.user_id_IN })' #class="js-reload-details">#Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.DisplayName)</button>
Then you have to correct your script:
// Now we bound the click event in all the elements that contain
// the .js-reload-details class
$('.js-reload-details').click(function (evt) {
var $detailDiv = $('#detailsDiv');
// Here was your the error
var url = $(this).attr("data-url");
$.get(url, function (data) {
$detailsDiv.replaceWith(data);
});
});

Form default value not wanted after ajax submission

I have this script, what it intends to do is: in a view with a list of contacts, each one with a edit link whenever you click on one of these links it displays an edit form in a partial view (there's only one div in the parent view for holding it) just below the clicked contact, for that it does a get ajax call to the server and gets the information for that contact. After submitting, via ajax as well, it refreshes the list.
Everything seems to work fine, but if I edit a contact, after the list being refreshed I try to open again the form on the same contact and the information is the same as it was before being edited. Although debugging I see the list for the server is correct (and so is the display in the list, it's only wrong in the form)
Thing is that in chrome developer tool I can see the form with some "default values" set to the previous stuff. I didn't know about them till now and I don't know how to get rid of them, because to my understanding I'm making a get call to the server, anyway I have tried this
document.getElementById("editForm").reset();
with no luck.
Thanks
The script
(function ($) {
var editContainer = $(document.getElementById('editContainer'));
$('#editContainer').on('submit', '#editForm', ajaxEditCall);
$('a.edit').on("click", displayEditForm);
function displayEditForm(e) {
var clickedElement = $(this).parent(),
url = editContainer.data('amp-edit-url');
$.get(url, {
id: parseInt(this.id, 10)
}, function (result) {
editContainer.html(result);
$.validator.unobtrusive.parse(editContainer);
// Display edit form just below the "item" clicked
if (editContainer.is(":visible")) {
editContainer.slideToggle(300, function () {
editContainer.appendTo(clickedElement);
editContainer.slideToggle(300);
});
} else {
editContainer.appendTo(clickedElement);
editContainer.slideToggle(300);
}
}, "html");
e.preventDefault();
}
function ajaxEditCall(e) {
e.preventDefault();
//if ($('#editForm').valid()) {
var list = $(document.getElementById('list'));
$.ajax({
url: this.action,
type: this.method,
data: $(this).serialize(),
success: function (result) {
if (result.passedValidation == true) {
$.get(result.action, function (partial) {
document.getElementById("editForm").reset();
list.html(partial);
$('a.edit').on("click", displayEditForm);
$('#editForm').slideUp(300);
setTimeout(function () {
list.effect("highlight", {}, 3000);
}, 1000);
});
} else {
$(document).scrollTop(0);
editContainer.html(result);
$.validator.unobtrusive.parse('#editForm');
}
}
});
//} return false;
}
}(jQuery));
And the view in case is relevant
#model ContactListViewModel
#{
ViewBag.Title = " My Contacts";
}
<div id="myContacts">
<h2>My Contacts</h2>
<div id="editContainer" data-amp-edit-url="#Url.Action("Edit", "Contacts")" class="initiallyHidden"></div>
<div id="list">
#{ Html.RenderPartial("_ContactList", Model); }
</div>
<div id="dialog" data-amp-del-url="#Url.Action("Delete", "Contacts")" title="Confirmation Required">
<p>Are you sure you want to delete this Contact?</p>
</div>
</div>
#section Foot
{
<script src="~/Scripts/AMPContacts.js"></script>
<script src="~/Scripts/conditional-validation.js"></script>
<script src="~/Scripts/Placeholders.min.js"></script>
}
Well that's obviously the parent view, the partial one is just a bunch of fields, I remove most of them to avoid increase the already long post
#model AddContactViewModel
#using (Html.BeginForm("Edit", "Contacts", FormMethod.Post, new { #id = "editForm", #class = "addTab" }))
{
#Html.ValidationSummary(true, "Please correct the errors and try again.")
#Html.HiddenFor(m => m.Id)
#Html.HiddenFor(m => m.OwnedItemId)
#Html.HiddenFor(m => m.AddressId)
<div id="editContactDetails">
<div>
#Html.DisplayFor(m => m.PlanName)
</div>
<div>
#Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.Title, Model.TitleList, "Title")
</div>
<div>
#Html.EditorFor(m => m.FirstName, new { #id="editFirstName", data_placeholders_focus = "false", placeholder = ViewData.ModelMetadata.Watermark })
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.FirstName)
</div>
// And so on....
<div class="addDEC">
<input class="addDECButton" type="submit" value="Save" />
</div>
}

I ran into this problem with a site I was working on. You'll need to disable your ajax caching:
//Disbable cache for all jQuery AJAX requests
$.ajaxSetup({ cache: false });
That will do it for all ajax calls, so you may only want to do that on certain pages, depending on your usage.

Reloading partial page after jQuery ajax command

I am very new to both JQuery and Asp.net MVC 3 (C#), so I apologize if this is trivial. I have an MVC partial view (Index.cshtml) that has a list of tasks. These tasks are contained within indivudal divs that I have in a list style layout. I have a button called "add task" that opens a dialog. This dialog will save the added task to the database via an AJAX Json call to the controller.
This is where I am having trouble - after the dialog closes I would like the list of tasks to reload with the task i just added. I have found examples where the entire page is reloaded, and I found examples where the controller is supposed to return a rendered view. My problem is that the dialog is being opened from the partial I want to reload. Is there a way to accomplish what I am trying to do.
Index.cshtml
#model IEnumerable<TaskManagementApplication.Models.Project>
#{
ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}
<h2>Index</h2>
<div id="ProjectAccordionWrapper">
#foreach (var item in Model)
{
<div class="ProjectWrapper">
<h3>#item.Name</h3>
<div class="column">
<button class="createTaskButton" id="#item.ProjectID">Create New Task</button>
#foreach(var task in item.Tasks) {
var buttonClass = "taskID" + task.TaskID;
<div class="portlet">
<div class="portlet-header">#task.TaskName</div>
<div class="portlet-content">#task.TaskDescription</div>
<button class="editTaskButton" id="#task.TaskID">Edit Task</button>
</div>
}
</div>
</div>
}
</div>
<div id="dialog-form" title="Create new user">
<p class="validateTips">All form fields are required.</p>
<form>
<fieldset>
<label for="TaskName">Task Name</label>
<input type="text" name="TaskName" id="name" class="text ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" />
<label for="TaskDescription">Task Description</label>
<input type="text" name="TaskDescription" id="description" value="" class="text ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" />
<input type="hidden" name="TaskID" id="ID" />
<input type="hidden" name="ProjectID" id="ProjectID" />
</fieldset>
</form>
</div>
Partial Javascript
function GetTask(id) {
if (id.length > 0) {
$.ajax({
url: '/Project/GetTaskFromID',
type: "POST",
data: { "id": id },
success: PopulateDialogFields,
error: HandleError
});
}
}
function PopulateDialogFields(data) {
$("#name").val(data.TaskName);
$("#description").val(data.TaskDescription);
$("#ID").val(data.TaskID);
}
function HandleError(data) {
alert(data.error);
var foo = data;
}
function SaveTask() {
var taskName = $("#name").val();
var taskDescription = $("#description").val();
var id = $("#ID").val();
var projectID = $("#ProjectID").val();
if (id.length > 0) {
$.ajax({
url: '/Project/SaveTask',
type: "POST",
data: { "taskName": taskName, "taskDescription": taskDescription, "taskID": id }
});
}
else {
$.ajax({
url: '/Project/SaveTask',
type: "POST",
data: { "taskName": taskName, "taskDescription": taskDescription, "projectID": projectID }
});
}
}
$("#dialog-form").dialog({
autoOpen: false,
height: 300,
width: 350,
modal: true,
buttons: {
"OK": function () {
SaveTask();
$(this).dialog("close");
},
Cancel: function () {
$(this).dialog("close");
}
},
close: function () {
allFields.val("").removeClass("ui-state-error");
window.location.reload(true);
},
open: function () {
var id = $(this).data("id");
var projectID = $(this).data("projectID");
$("#ProjectID").val(projectID);
var button = $("#" + id);
GetTask(id);
}
});
$(".editTaskButton")
.button()
.click(function () {
$("#dialog-form").data('id', this.id).dialog("open");
});
$(".createTaskButton")
.button()
.click(function () {
$("#dialog-form").data('projectID', this.id).dialog("open");
});

I am relatively new to jQuery and ASP.NET MVC as well, however, here's what first comes to mind.
In order to maintain the AJAX-y aspect of the page, I suggest that you create a method that handles a POST which returns a JSON formatted set of TaskManagementApplication.Models.Project. This method can optionally return filtered results.
The markup would look like this,
<div id="ProjectAccordionWrapper">
<div id="ProjectWrapperTemplate" class="ProjectWrapper" style="display: none;">
<h3 id="itemName"></h3>
<div class="column">
<button class="createTaskButton" id="itemProjectID">Create New Task</button>
<div id="portletTemplate" class="portlet">
<div class="portlet-header" id="taskName"></div>
<div class="portlet-content" id="taskDescription"></div>
<button class="editTaskButton" id="taskID">Edit Task</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Next, you would have jQuery clone the ProjectWrapperTemplate element, and set all of the corresponding fields.
$(function () {
$.ajax({
url: '/Project/GetTasks',
type: "POST",
data: { }
}).done(function (data) {
data.forEach(function (element) {
AppendProjectWrapper(element);
});
});
function AppendProjectWrapper(data) {
var projectAccordionWrapper = $('#ProjectAccordionWrapper');
var projectWrapper = $('#ProjectWrapperTemplate').clone(true, true);
projectWrapper.id = nothing; // remove the id, so as to not have duplicates
projectWrapper.style.display = nothing; // remove the style "display: none"
var itemName = projectWrapper.children('#itemName'); // h3
itemName.id = nothing;
itemName.text(data.ItemName);
var itemProjectID = projectWrapper.children('#itemProjectID'); // button Create New Task
itemProjectID.id = data.ItemProjectID;
var portletTemplate = projectWrapper.children('#portletTemplate'); // div
data.Tasks.forEach(function (element) {
var portlet = portletTemplate.clone();
portlet.id = nothing;
var taskName = portlet.children('#taskName');
taskName.id = nothing;
taskName.text(element.TaskName);
var taskDescription = portlet.children('#taskDescription');
taskDescription.id = nothing;
taskDescription.text(element.TaskDescription);
var editTaskButton = portlet.children('#taskID');
editTaskButton.id = element.TaskID;
portlet.appendTo(projectWrapper);
});
portletTemplate.remove(); // remove the portlet template element
projectWrapper.appendTo(projectAccordionWrapper);
}
}
Finally, have '/Project/SaveTask' return a JSON formatted TaskManagementApplication.Models.Project of the currently saved task.
$.ajax({
url: '/Project/SaveTask',
type: "POST",
data: { "taskName": taskName, "taskDescription": taskDescription, "taskID": id }
}).done(function (data) {
AppendProjectWrapper(data);
});
The return data for '/Project/GetTasks' should look as follows:
[
{
ItemName: '#item.Name',
ItemProjectID: '#item.ProjectID',
Tasks: [
TaskName: '#task.TaskName',
TaskDescription: '#task.TaskDescription',
TaskID: '#task.TaskID'
]
}
]
The return data from '/Project/SaveTask' should follow the same format, except or the outer-most array.
Please note that a lot of this code is untested.

It may be easiest to refactor the list into another action+view. Then, you can call this in both the original Index.cshtml view, and via the .load() method in jQuery. So, assuming this:
Projects controller
[HttpGet]
[ChildActionOnly]
public ActionResult Tasks(int id)
{
// create the appropriate model object as an IEnumerable of your Task type
return View(model);
}
Tasks.cshtml
#foreach(var task in Model) {
var buttonClass = "taskID" + task.TaskID;
<div class="portlet">
<div class="portlet-header">#task.TaskName</div>
<div class="portlet-content">#task.TaskDescription</div>
<button class="editTaskButton" id="#task.TaskID">Edit Task</button>
</div>
}
You would adjust Index.cshtml like so:
#model IEnumerable<TaskManagementApplication.Models.Project>
#{
ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}
<h2>Index</h2>
<div id="ProjectAccordionWrapper">
#foreach (var item in Model)
{
<div class="ProjectWrapper">
<h3>#item.Name</h3>
<div class="column">
<button class="createTaskButton" id="#item.ProjectID">Create New Task</button>
<div id="tasks-#item.ProjectID">
#Html.Action("Tasks", "Project", new { id = item.ProjectID })
</div>
</div>
</div>
}
</div>
//... the rest of the view
And finally,
// this should happen inside the callback of your .ajax() method
$('#tasks-'+projectID).load('/project/tasks/'+ projectID);