LinkExtensions.ActionLink Method (HtmlHelper, String, String, String, String, String, String, Object, Object)

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02/21/2011

Returns an anchor element (a element) that contains the virtual path of the specified action.

Namespace: System.Web.Mvc.Html
Assembly: System.Web.Mvc (in System.Web.Mvc.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function ActionLink ( _
    htmlHelper As HtmlHelper, _
    linkText As String, _
    actionName As String, _
    controllerName As String, _
    protocol As String, _
    hostName As String, _
    fragment As String, _
    routeValues As Object, _
    htmlAttributes As Object _
) As MvcHtmlString

public static MvcHtmlString ActionLink(
    this HtmlHelper htmlHelper,
    string linkText,
    string actionName,
    string controllerName,
    string protocol,
    string hostName,
    string fragment,
    Object routeValues,
    Object htmlAttributes
)

[ExtensionAttribute]
public:
static MvcHtmlString^ ActionLink(
    HtmlHelper^ htmlHelper, 
    String^ linkText, 
    String^ actionName, 
    String^ controllerName, 
    String^ protocol, 
    String^ hostName, 
    String^ fragment, 
    Object^ routeValues, 
    Object^ htmlAttributes
)

Parameters

htmlHelper
Type: System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper
The HTML helper instance that this method extends.

linkText
Type: System.String
The inner text of the anchor element.

actionName
Type: System.String
The name of the action.

controllerName
Type: System.String
The name of the controller.

protocol
Type: System.String
The protocol for the URL, such as "http" or "https".

hostName
Type: System.String
The host name for the URL.

fragment
Type: System.String
The URL fragment name (the anchor name).

routeValues
Type: System.Object
An object that contains the parameters for a route. The parameters are retrieved through reflection by examining the properties of the object. The object is typically created by using object initializer syntax.

htmlAttributes
Type: System.Object
An object that contains the HTML attributes to set for the element.

Return Value

Type: System.Web.Mvc.MvcHtmlString
An anchor element (a element).

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type HtmlHelper. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	The linkText parameter is null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or empty.

Remarks

The ActionLink method renders an element that links to an action method.

The htmlAttributes parameter consists of an object that contains name/value pairs. The attributes that are specified in the name/value pairs depend on the HTML element that is being rendered. For example, for an anchor (a) element, you might provide the following anonymous object:

new { target="_self", name="summary" }

New With {.target="_self", .name="summary" }

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