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ImmortalStrawberry
ImmortalStrawberry

Reputation: 6091

Is it possible to return the ActionLink html from a ViewModel? (MVC3 + Razor)

I have a four viewmodels/views which display similar but different data.

Is it possible to have a property on the viewmodel which retuns ActionLinks (or the html for them ?)

e.g. At the moment on each of my Views I have

<table>
<tr>
<td>@Html.ActionLink("My Open Calls", "MyOpenCalls")</td>
<td>@Html.ActionLink("All Open Calls", "AllOpenCalls")</td>
<td>@Html.ActionLink("My Calls Today", "MyCallsToday")</td>
<td>@ViewBag.Title</td>
</tr>
</table>

but would it be possible to have:

<table>
<tr>
@Model.MenuHtml
</tr>
</table>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 351

Answers (1)

Darin Dimitrov
Darin Dimitrov

Reputation: 1038820

While it might be possible to store HTML in view models properties I don't think it would be a good idea. If you want to reuse some code why not simply put this table into a partial and then include the partial:

@Html.Partial("_Links")

Another possibility is to use a custom HTML helper that will generate those links.

Upvotes: 2

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