Using MVC3 and Ajax.BeginForm I surprisingly discovered that mvc ajax forms submits elements with the attribute disabled="disabled". I have tested both select and text inputs. I was suprised because they should not be submited and they will not when using Html.BeginForm. Is there some hidden option or a workaround for this? [EDIT example] @using (Ajax.BeginForm("Action", "Control", new AjaxOptions() { HttpMethod = "POST" })) { <input type="text" name="_enabled" value="_enabled" /> <input type="text" name="_disabled" value="_disabled" disabled="disabled" /> <input type="submit" value="POST" /> }