MVC: HtmlHelper: Get action/controller values

Question

My project has a HtmlHelper which generates links (with routeValues) which always direct back to the controller/action which 'spawned' them.

Is it possible to retrieve these values from within the HtmlHelper? i.e without supplying them explicitly. This would work fine....

var url = new UrlHelper(html.ViewContext.RequestContext);
anchorBuilder.MergeAttribute("href", url.Action("Details", routeValues));

...were it not for the fact that that action won't always be "Details".

possible duplicate of [How can I return the current action in an ASP.NET MVC view?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/362514/how-can-i-return-the-current-action-in-an-asp-net-mvc-view) — CodeCaster, Sep 15 '14 at 10:25

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 15 '14 at 16:17

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Or this:

        var controller = helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["Controller"].ToString();
        var action = helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["Action"].ToString();

answered Sep 15 '14 at 16:17

StuTheDog

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Mindless · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-16T02:41:58.123

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Try this:

var currentAction = html.ViewContext.RouteData.GetRequiredString("action");
var url = new UrlHelper(html.ViewContext.RequestContext);
anchorBuilder.MergeAttribute("href", url.Action(currentAction, routeValues));

edited Sep 16 '14 at 02:41

answered Sep 15 '14 at 10:20

Mindless

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MVC: HtmlHelper: Get action/controller values

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