Getting raw text using @Html.ActionLink in Razor / MVC3?

Question

Given the following Html.ActionLink:

@Html.ActionLink(Model.dsResults.Tables[0].Rows[i]["title"].ToString(), "ItemLinkClick",
    new { itemListID = @Model.dsResults.Tables[0].Rows[i]["ItemListID"], itemPosNum = i+1 }, ...

Data from the model contains HTML in the title field. However, I am unable to display the HTML encoded values. ie. underlined text shows up with the <u>....</u> around it.

I've tried Html.Raw in the text part of the ActionLink, but no go.

Any suggestions?

Why are you putting html in your model instead of your view? If you need it to be underlined, add a style or class attibute for that. — Phil, Aug 01 '11 at 17:26
The data coming back from the model is formatted based on keywords. Thus, formatting is required at that level. — ElHaix, Aug 03 '11 at 16:30

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 03 '17 at 20:04

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If you still want to use a helper to create an action link with raw HTML for the link text then I don't believe you can use Html.ActionLink. However, the answer to this stackoverflow question describes creating a helper which does this.

I would write the link HTML manually though and use the Url.Action helper which creates the URL which Html.ActionLink would have created:

<a href="@Url.Action("ItemLinkClick", new { itemListID = @Model.dsResults.Tables[0].Rows[i]["ItemListID"], itemPosNum = i+1 })">
    @Html.Raw(Model.dsResults.Tables[0].Rows[i]["title"].ToString())
</a>

edited Aug 03 '17 at 20:04

budi

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answered Oct 31 '11 at 10:59

dan

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Excellent answer +1. I was looking for a non-Helper based solution throughout the web but all i was getting helper based solutions. You made my day! cheers :) – Steve Johnson May 05 '13 at 17:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 17 '14 at 08:52

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You could also use this:

<a class='btn btn-link' 
   href='/Mycontroler/MyAction/" + item.ID + "'
   data-ajax='true' 
   data-ajax-method='Get' 
   data-ajax-mode='InsertionMode.Replace' 
   data-ajax-update='#Mymodal'>My Comments</a>

edited Dec 17 '14 at 08:52

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answered Dec 17 '14 at 08:30

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 01 '11 at 17:25

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MVCHtmlString.Create should do the trick.

answered Aug 01 '11 at 17:25

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 01 '11 at 17:30

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Using the actionlink below you do not need to pass html in the model. Let the css class or inline style determine how the href is decorated.

@Html.ActionLink(Model.dsResults.Tables[0].Rows[i]["title"], "ItemLinkClick", "Controller", new { @class = "underline", style="text-decoration: underline" }, null)

answered Aug 01 '11 at 17:30

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The decoration is not for the entire string, only part of it, so I don't think this will do. – ElHaix Aug 03 '11 at 16:29

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 01 '11 at 17:30

those are the cases that you should take the other path

@{
    string title = Model.dsResults.Tables[0].Rows[i]["title"].ToString(),
           aHref = String.Format("/ItemLinkClick/itemListID={0}&itemPosNum={1}...", 
                       Model.dsResults.Tables[0].Rows[i]["ItemListID"],
                       i+1);
}

<a href="@aHref" class="whatever">@Html.Raw(title)</a>

Remember that Razor helpers, help you, but you can still do things in the HTML way.

Getting raw text using @Html.ActionLink in Razor / MVC3?

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