ASP.NET MVC: Display a link to another action

Question

@Html.ActionLink("Add a bill", "Create", new { controller = "Bill"});

This is the code I used to add an link to Create method in Bill controller.

But in the view I saw

Add a bill (/Bill/Create):

So, how can I remove the brackets? (/Bill/Create).

And, I also want this link to act as a button instead of a , how can I do that? Thanks for your help.

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-22 21:52:33Z

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It is strange what brackets you are talking about. Assuming the default routes both:

@Html.ActionLink("Add a bill", "Create", new { controller = "Bill" })

and:

@Html.ActionLink("Add a bill", "Create", "Bill")

are equivalent and should generate the following markup:

<a href="/Bill/Create">Add a bill</a>

As far as your question about the button is concerned you could use a form:

@using (Html.BeginForm("Create", "Bill"))
{
   <input type="submit" value="Add a bill" />
}

answered Jan 22, 2011 at 21:52

Darin Dimitrov

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Yeah, In html source, I see "<a href="/Bill/Create">Add a bill</a> " But browser rendered as that what I said.

@user469652, yes it is possible that it is a CSS issue. Try disabling all style sheets temporary to see if this makes any difference.