ASP MVC href to a controller/view

Question

I have this:

<li><a href="/Users/Index)" class="elements"><span>Clients</span></a></li>

Which works fine. But if I am already on this page or on the controller e.g. /Users/Details and I click on this link it redirects me to /Users/Index.

How can I get the correct path in the href regardless of my current position on the site?

Go Thru This .. : http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/583469/MVC-Different-Redirection-Techniques-Razor — Ravi Mehta, Nov 20 '15 at 06:17

score 196 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 23 '22 at 08:49

There are a couple of ways that you can accomplish this. You can do the following:

<li>
     @Html.ActionLink("Clients", "Index", "User", new { @class = "elements" }, null)
</li>

or this:

<li>
     <a href="@Url.Action("Index", "Users")" class="elements">
          <span>Clients</span>
     </a>
</li>

Lately I do the following:

<a href="@Url.Action("Index", null, new { area = string.Empty, controller = "User" }, Request.Url.Scheme)">
     <span>Clients</span>
</a>

The result would have http://localhost/10000 (or with whatever port you are using) to be appended to the URL structure like:

http://localhost:10000/Users

score 21 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 16 '13 at 08:06

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how about

<li>
<a href="@Url.Action("Index", "Users")" class="elements"><span>Clients</span></a>
</li>

edited Jul 16 '13 at 08:06

Valamas

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answered Jul 16 '13 at 08:03

FosterZ

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score 12 · Answer 3 · edited May 26 '22 at 09:41

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Try the following:

<a asp-controller="Users" asp-action="Index"></a>

This is part of the new Anchor Tag Helper system for Razor pages that was introduced in ASP.NET Core 1.0.

edited May 26 '22 at 09:41

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answered Jun 02 '15 at 01:47

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Its not valid for ASP.NET. Maybe valid for old ASP pages. – Zanon Feb 09 '16 at 17:48
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Only valid for ASP.NET 5 i.e MVC 6 – Ifeanyi Chukwu May 24 '16 at 08:12

rksajib · Answer 4 · 2015-06-05T05:04:40.217

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You can modify with the following

<li><a href="./Index" class="elements"><span>Clients</span></a></li>

The extra dot means you are in the same controller. If you want change the controller to a different controller then you can write this

<li><a href="../newController/Index" class="elements"><span>Clients</span></a></li>

edited Jun 05 '15 at 05:04

answered Jun 05 '15 at 04:58

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score 6 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 17 '17 at 07:19

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Here '~' refers to the root directory ,where Home is controller and Download_Excel_File is actionmethod

 <a href="~/Home/Download_Excel_File" />

answered Jul 17 '17 at 07:19

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score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 09 '17 at 02:14

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You can also use this very simplified form:

@Html.ActionLink("Come back to Home", "Index", "Home")

Where :
Come back to Home is the text that will appear on the page
Index is the view name
Homeis the controller name

answered Nov 09 '17 at 02:14

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Æthenwulf · Answer 7 · 2021-09-20T07:59:35.183

If you want to use one modal for Create and Update You can also do this

C#

onclick="showInPopup('@Url.Action("CreateOrUpdate","Request",null,Context.Request.Scheme)','Create Request')"


onclick="showInPopup('@Url.Action("CreateOrUpdate","Request",new{id = item.id },Context.Request.Scheme)','Edit Request')"

JS

showInPopup = (url, title) => {
    $.ajax({
        type: "GET",
        url: url,
        success: function (res) {
            $("#form-modal .modal-body").html(res);
            $("#form-modal .modal-title").html(title);
            $("#form-modal").modal('show');
        }
    })
}

score -1 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 23 '19 at 17:31

If using ASP.NET Core, you can adjust the accepted answer to:

<a href="@Url.Action("Index", null, new { area = string.Empty, controller = "User" }, @Context.Request.Scheme)">
     <span>Clients</span>
</a>

replacing @Request.Url.Scheme with @Context.Request.Scheme

ASP MVC href to a controller/view

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