Question

My goal is to separate js controls into partial views and parametrize them through ViewData. I want to pass a string in ViewData that is used as javascript string value.

Now the problem is that I don’t know how to render a string that is not html encoded.

My current attempt is:

var domAsString = "<%: HttpUtility.HtmlDecode((string)ViewData["domLayout"]) %>"

Which renders it as a html-encoded string. How can I avoid this?

Answer 1

You could try:

var domAsString = "<%= (string)ViewData["domLayout"] %>"

The <%: %> syntax is shorthand for <%= Html.Encode( .... ) %>