Form Tags in View Not Outputted

The form tags aren't displaying. 开发者_如何学JAVA(Really ripping my hair out over this.) I have a view (Index.cshtml):

@section mainmid
{    
  @using (Html.BeginForm("index", "PetSittingRequest"))
  {    
    <h1>    
      @Html.TextBox("awesome")
    </h1>      
  }    
}

And in my _Layout.cshtml:

@RenderSection("mainmid", required: false)
@RenderBody()

The HTML that I'm getting is this. It has no form tags. They're not located anywhere in the HTML source.

<h1>    
  <input id="awesome" name="awesome" type="text" value="" />
</h1>      

Any thoughts? Thanks!

Impossible to reproduce. Steps:

1. Create a new ASP.NET MVC 3 project

2. In _Layout.cshtml replace @RenderBody() with:

   @RenderSection("mainmid", required: false)
   @RenderBody()
   

3. In Index.cshtml put the following:

   @section mainmid
   {    
       @using (Html.BeginForm("index", "PetSittingRequest"))
       {    
           <h1>    
               @Html.TextBox("awesome")
           </h1>      
       }    
   }
   

4. Run the application

5. Browse the source and you will find the correct HTML rendered:

   <form action="/PetSittingRequest" method="post">    
       <h1>    
           <input id="awesome" name="awesome" type="text" value="" />
       </h1>      
   </form>
   

Conclusion: your problem lies somewhere else. So next time you ask a question please provide a full example allowing to reproduce the problem (as I did in my answer).