Question

How do I run jquery when an MVC ActionLink is clicked? I have an action that takes some time. I want to show a ‘processing’ image until it returns. Is there a better way to do this?

Answer 1

Give the actionlink a class:

@Html.ActionLink("","", new { @class:"delete" })

Then you can hook up your jQuery to the class name in a js file:

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('.delete').click(function() {
    ///Code
  });
});

You can also work with id.