MVC 5 Link issue with sub 'Length=10' showing up

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Hi im quite new to MVC 5 but not .net c#

im having a issue with @Html.ActionLink

the links keep adding 'Length=10' on the end

this is my link

@Html.ActionLink("Reporting", "Reporting", "MenuRouter", new { @class = "Reporting" }, new { hidefocus = "hidefocus" })

Iv tried moving things about and I still get the 'Length=10' on the end

any help Thanks Tim

Have you searched this on SO? It has been answered many times [here](http://stackoverflow.com/q/824279/1199711), [here](http://stackoverflow.com/q/2686260/1199711), [here](http://stackoverflow.com/q/4357856/1199711)... — Zabavsky, Jul 31 '14 at 10:19
@Zabavsky yes I did still had many problems, its on here to many time with so many solutions and couldn't figure out one that was going to help me :( i have fixed it now — , Jul 31 '14 at 10:23
@Zabavsky plus some that I have looked at are for MVC 3 and 4 but im sorry I am new to this. — , Jul 31 '14 at 10:27

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 31 '14 at 10:18

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Try this;

@Html.ActionLink("Reporting", "Reporting", "MenuRouter", null, new { @class = "Reporting", hidefocus = "hidefocus" })

answered Jul 31 '14 at 10:18

Saranga

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thanks Saranga I tried this way and it's still the same issue. – Jul 31 '14 at 10:20
@TimDime: Really? It's strange. I'm using this in my applications. – Saranga Jul 31 '14 at 11:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '14 at 10:18

Ok the reason is because; the MVC pipeline is trying to serialize a string object, via the actionlink method

The method calls this:

public static string ActionLink (this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, string linkText, string actionName, object routeValues, object htmlAttributes)

Your best bet is to try and using a new {} on the controller try this:

@Html.ActionLink("Reporting", "Reporting", new { Controller = "MenuRouter"}, new { @ID = "Repoting" ,  hidefocus = "hidefocus" })

This will certainly remove the Length=10 this is happening because there is no routes stated with a length, the property value and name will be appended and the query string parameter.

The above should fix your issue. Alan

MVC 5 Link issue with sub 'Length=10' showing up

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