Question

I can’t find the Html.Image method in new MVC RC version. Please somebody give me example how to render simple Image in ASP .NET MVC RC sites.

Answer 1

Need to write your own or use the Url.Content() method to set the source attribute. Or you can use mine. 🙂

public static class HtmlHelperExtensions {      public static string Image( this HtmlHelper helper,                                  string url,                                 string altText,                                 object htmlAttributes )     {         TagBuilder builder = new TagBuilder( 'img' );         builder.Attributes.Add( 'src', url );         builder.Attributes.Add( 'alt', altText );         builder.MergeAttributes( new RouteValueDictionary( htmlAttributes ) );         return builder.ToString( TagRenderMode.SelfClosing );     } } 

Usage:

<%= Html.Image( Url.Content( '~/Content/images/img.png' ),                'alt text',                new { id = 'myImage', border = '0' } )  %> 

EDIT: Since I wrote this I’ve gone away from using it. I’ll leave the answer here, though for posterity. While I think it, or the method from the Future assembly, is a reasonable choice, I find myself simply using the image tag with the url supplied by a UrlHelper. When I refactored my helpers into a standalone library, this one didn’t make the cut. I’ll re-evaluate if it makes it into the (non-futures) MVC library.

<img src='<%= Url.Content( '~/content/...' ) %>'      alt='alt text'      class='has-border' />