Question

I’m using Twitter Bootstrap, and trying to make my links ASP.Net MVC look nice.

However, the <i class=… in the link below, is html encoded, rather than being sent as html to the browser:

    @Html.ActionLink("<i class='icon-user icon-white'></i> Create New", "Create", "", New With {Key .class="btn btn-primary"} )

Is there any way of keeping the <i class=… as html, so that the button displays correctly?

Answer 1

Instead of using @Html.ActionLink(), just write out the <a> tag yourself. You can use @Url.Action() to get the URL of an action for your HREF attribute.

The @Html helpers are nice, but they won’t always provide the flexibility you need.