Sure, a very similar question was asked before. Set the controller for ajax requests:
public ActionResult Show()
{
if (Request.IsAjaxRequest())
{
return PartialView("Your_partial_view", new Model());
}
else
{
return View();
}
}
Set the action link as wanted:
@Ajax.ActionLink("Show",
"Show",
null,
new AjaxOptions { HttpMethod = "GET",
InsertionMode = InsertionMode.Replace,
UpdateTargetId = "dialog_window_id",
OnComplete = "your_js_function();" })
Note that I’m using Razor view engine, and that your AjaxOptions may vary depending on what you want. Finally display it on a modal window. The jQuery UI dialog is suggested.