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How can I generate action link with custom html inside.
Like following:
<a href="http://blah-blah/.....">
<span class="icon"/> New customer
</a>

alex.b
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You can use the UrlHelper class :

<a href="<% =Url.Action("Create","Customers") %>">
    <span class="icon"/> New customer
</a>

The MSDN link is here : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.mvc.urlhelper.aspx

mathieu
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  • o, it is much obvious, that I thought :) Thanks! – alex.b Oct 07 '10 at 08:20
  • BTW, I've found some helpful info here: http://stephenwalther.com/blog/archive/2009/03/03/chapter-6-understanding-html-helpers.aspx and here http://iridescence.no/post/Rendering-Action-Links-in-ASPNET-MVC-Applications.aspx – alex.b Oct 07 '10 at 22:42
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For newer versions of .net,

replace 

 href="<% =Url.Action("Create","Customers") %>"

with 

href="@Url.Action("Create","Customers")"

to give something like

<a href="@Url.Action("Create","Customers")">
   <span class="icon"/> New customer 
</a>
Ian Mbae
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