How to hide an ActionLink in ASP.NET MVC5 so only a logged in user can see it?

Question

I've created movies (using the movies tutorial) and I want to hide the "create new" link so only a logged in user can see it.

I've tried searching for answers but can't find anything that helps me.

Any help would be appreciated.

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 06 '16 at 14:53

You could use something like the following. Use Request.IsAuthenticated to determine if the user is logged in.

@if (Request.IsAuthenticated)
{
   <a href="@Url.Action("Index", "Manage")">
   <i class="fa fa-user"></i>
   <span class="text">Profile</span>
   </a>
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 06 '16 at 14:55

The easiest way to do it would be to wrap the ActionLink in an if clause like this

    @if (User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
    {
        @Html.ActionLink("link text", "action name");
    }

but that's not really reusable and it mixes business concerns with your UI code.

Take a look at the this answer

How to override the ActionLink behavior

It's a real nice way to encapsulate the permission checking. Then just use @Html.AuthorizeActionLink in place of ActionLink.

How to hide an ActionLink in ASP.NET MVC5 so only a logged in user can see it?

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