Convert an HTML button to ActionLink

Question

I have an html button setup and functioning with a set range of required properties that I'd like to convert to a text-based link instead. Additionally, so I can familiarize myself with working html helpers and intellesense I'd like to see how to shoehorn these properties into an ActionLink:

<input type="button" id="RemoveRegistration_Submit<%=row.ID %>" 
value="Remove From Cart" 
onclick="$('#Step2_RemoveRegistrationForm input[name=id]').val('<%=row.ID %>'); $('#Step2_RemoveRegistrationForm').submit();" 
align="right" />

thx

Answer 1

It shouldn't be that hard....but I think you mean Html.Link because ActionLink mean you need to generate link from route table.

<%= Html.Link("Remove from Cart", "#", new {onclick = "#Step2_RemoveRegistrationForm input[name=id]').val('<%=row.ID %>'); $('#Step2_RemoveRegistrationForm').submit();"}) %>

• param#1: linkText
• param#2: href

• param#3: htmlAttributes

  public static string Link(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, string linkText, string href, object htmlAttributes) {

  TagBuilder tagBuilder = new TagBuilder("a"){ InnerHtml = linkText; }

  tagBuilder.MergeAttributes(htmlAttributes);

  tagBuilder.MergeAttributes("href", href);

  return tagBuilder.ToString(TagRenderMode.Normal);

  }

and don't forget to <%@ Import Namespace="xxxxxx" %> on the view in order to use the extension method.