What about trying out the PagedList library to help with pagination? It's really simple, just add a reference to the PagedList library in your ASP.NET MVC application.
To install PagedList.Mvc, run this command in your Package Manager Console. You can also use NuGet to get the package.
PM> Install-Package PagedList.Mvc
Here is an example of a viewmodel:
public class QuestionViewModel
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}
In your controller, make sure to include the following line to reference PagedList:
using PagedList;
Your Index method in the controller will look something like this:
public ActionResult Index(int? page)
{
var questions = new[] {
new QuestionViewModel { Id = 1, Name = "Question 1" },
new QuestionViewModel { Id = 2, Name = "Question 2" },
new QuestionViewModel { Id = 3, Name = "Question 3" },
new QuestionViewModel { Id = 4, Name = "Question 4" }
};
int pageSize = 3;
int pageNumber = (page ?? 1);
return View(questions.ToPagedList(pageNumber, pageSize));
}
And here is your Index view:
@model PagedList.IPagedList<ViewModel.QuestionViewModel>
@using PagedList.Mvc;
<link href="/Content/PagedList.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<table>
@foreach (var item in Model) {
<tr>
<td>
@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Id)
</td>
<td>
@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Name)
</td>
</tr>
}
</table>
<br />
Page @(Model.PageCount < Model.PageNumber ? 0 : Model.PageNumber) of @Model.PageCount
@Html.PagedListPager( Model, page => Url.Action("Index", new { page }) )