Question

I have the following legacy code that I would like to mimic, with all action links inside one column. However, I can’t seem to get the Razor syntax right. How should I express this in Razor?

The ASPX column template is like this:

.Columns(column =>
{
    column.Template(o =>
        {%>
            <%= Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new{ id = o.DeviceID}) %> | 
            <%= Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { id = o.DeviceID })%>
        <%});

I have only been able to get three separate columns using Razor without complaints about syntax etc. as below:

.Columns(columns =>
{
    columns.Template(o => @Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id = o.ProductId })).Width(50);
    columns.Template(o => @Html.ActionLink("Details", "Details", new { id = o.ProductId })).Width(50);
    columns.Template(o => @Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { id = o.ProductId })).Width(50);

How can I define one template column that contains all three action links using Razor syntax?

EDIT: In trying the following small adaptation of Mike’s answer below, I get the error “Only assignment, call, increment, decrement, and new object expressions can be used as a statement”:

columns.Template(o => @<text>@Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id = o.CampaignId }) | 
                        @Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { id = o.CampaignId })
                        </text>).Width(100);

Answer 1

Here is a quick sample showing both bound columns and a template column:

Sample #1 using @<text></text> syntax

@(Html.Telerik().Grid(Model)
    .Name("Grid")
    .Columns(columns =>
    {
        columns.Bound(m => m.UserName);
        columns.Bound(m => m.Email);
        columns.Template(@<text> @Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id = item.UserId} ) | 
                                 @Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { id = item.UserId)  
                         </text>).Width(100);
    })
 )

Sample #2 using an Action delegate

@(Html.Telerik().Grid(Model)
    .Name("Grid")
    .Columns(columns =>
    {
        columns.Bound(m => m.UserName);
        columns.Bound(m => m.Email);
        columns.Template(m => @Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id = m.UserId} ) + " | " +
                              @Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { id = m.UserId)  
                         ).Width(100);
    })
 )

Hope that helps, if didn’t already figure it out. 🙂

UPDATE – added the implicitly defined “item” parameter in code sample above. It shows how to get the Model properties within the Telerik control template.
UPDATE#2 – korchev showed the “@item.someProperty” syntax within his code sample. The @ symbol is not needed in our case since we are within an extension method, but doesn’t hurt to leave it for clarity.
UPDATE#3 – added Sample #2 code sample