Why does Ajax.BeginForm replace my whole page?

Question

Context: Asp.Net MVC3 w/Razor

I am trying to put a login form on a Razor layout (formerly master page) so that, when the user times out, s/he can be prompted to log

Answer 1

Ajax.* helpers in ASP.NET MVC 3 use unobtrusive jquery so make sure that you have referenced the jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.js script in your view. Also you could use FireBug to see what's happening under the scenes and why the form doesn't send an AJAX request.

Also the UpdateTargetId = "form" seems suspicious especially when your form has the refresh id: @id = "refresh". Is there some other element inside your DOM with id="form"? Maybe you meant UpdateTargetId = "refresh"?