 <p>Since you want to update a part of the page you will need to use ajax to accomplish that. You have two options there:</p> <ol> <li><p>User @Ajax.ActionLink (<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7295835/how-can-i-load-partial-view-inside-the-view">How can i load Partial view inside the view</a>)</p></li> <li><p>You can write your own jquery ajax request that invokes your controller method and returns the partial view.</p></li> </ol>