MVC 4 Input Submit Button not firing Action - forms

Question

I cannot get the my HttpPost action to fire.
In HomeController.cs I have the following:
public ActionResult TestForm()
{
return View();
}
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult TestForm(TestForm testForm)
{
int x = 1;
return View();
}
In my View code I build my form with
#using (Html.BeginForm())
{
....
}
The rendered HTML is
<form action="/Home/TestForm" method="post"> <div style="display: table">
<div style="display: table-row">
<div style="display: table-cell"><label for="Cmd">CMD String</label></div>
<div style="display: table-cell">
<input class="CmdForm" id="Cmd" name="Cmd" type="text" value="" />
</div>
</div>
<div style="display: table-row">
<div style="display: table-cell"><label class="MacAddress" for="MacAddress">MAC Address</label></div>
<div style="display: table-cell">
<input id="MacAddress" name="MacAddress" type="text" value="" />
</div>
</div>
<div style="display: table-row">
<div style="display: table-cell"></div>
<div style="display: table-cell">
<input type="button" value="Submit"/>
</div>
</div>
</div>
I've put a break point at int x=1; just to see if it's hitting the function on button click but it does not hit it. Can someone give me some tips on what I might be missing?

Answer 1

You put a button for submission which is not of the right type. You should use submit as a type, not button.
Change the following code from
<div style="display: table-cell">
<input type="button" value="Submit"/>
</div>
to
<div style="display: table-cell">
<input type="submit" value="Submit"/>
</div>