I wanted to have a hyperlink which when clicked opens in same page without the complete page being refreshed instead of opening different link.
In my controller I have following function

```
public ActionResult PrivacyPolicy()
{
    if (Request.IsAjaxRequest())
    {
       return PartialView();
    }
       return View();
}

```

when i run the the program and insert a break point at `return view();` I realise that my program always returns `view()` instead of `PartialView();`

here is the `index.cshtml` code

```
@section head{

    <script type="text/javascript"
            src="@Url.Content("~/scripts/AjaxDemo.js")"></script>
}
@Html.ActionLink("Show the Privacy Policy", "PrivacyPolicy", null, new{id="privacyLink"})

<div id="privacy"></div>

```

in the partial view PrivacyPolicy I just have few texts.

and the `AjaxDemo.js` looks like this

```
$(document).ready(function () {
    $('#privacyLink').click(function (event) {
        event.preventDefault();
        var url = $(this).attr('href');
        $('#privacy').load(url);
    });
});

```

why doesn't my program return partial view? or why is it not taking the ajax request?
Shouldn't my program open the link in same index page(CustomAjax), if the javascript in my browser is enables?