Set Html.ActionLink's Visibility, Best approach ?

Question

I have boolean value in my model and I return this model to view. I want to control actionlink visibility with this value. I found two example like this:

First

@if (Model.UserCanCreate)
{
    @Html.ActionLink("Create New", "Create")
}

Second

<li style="visibility: @Model.UserCanCreate">@Html.ActionLink("Create New", "Create")</li>

What is the best way to show/hide htmlHelpers?

Thanks.

@DanielB: you mean the *first*, right? The 2nd writes the link to the page and just hides it. — Faust, Aug 17 '12 at 11:08

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 17 '12 at 11:10

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The first option is the correct one.

@if (Model.UserCanCreate)
{
    @Html.ActionLink("Create New", "Create")
}

Never rely on visibility in the browser, give the the user only what he is allowed to see.

answered Aug 17 '12 at 11:10

Marc

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 17 '12 at 11:13

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The first one is better for your case. If you use second - there will be hidden link on the page to do something, but in first case there will not any info about possibility to do ("Create New", "Create").

answered Aug 17 '12 at 11:13

Kirill Bestemyanov

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Set Html.ActionLink's Visibility, Best approach ?

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