Questions tagged [tagbuilder]
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Why use TagBuilder instead of StringBuilder?
what's the difference in using tag builder and string builder to create a table in a htmlhelper class, or using the HtmlTable?
aren't they generating the same thing??
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Nested TagBuilder -as TagBuilderTree-
TagBuilder is a nice implementation for build HTML elements. But -some- HTML elements can have another elements (I called like children). I could not find any class from Mvc classes.
Question; Should I implement few classes (TagBuilderTree, and…
Nuri YILMAZ
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TagBuilder.MergeAttributes does not work
I am creating my own helper in MVC. But the custom attributes are not added in the HTML:
Helper
public static MvcHtmlString MenuItem(this HtmlHelper helper, string linkText, string actionName, string controllerName, object htmlAttributes)
{
var…
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How to load a partialview and store it in a variable to be used in javascript?
I have a prtialview using a model to create a dropdown list.
In my main view I create the partialview html string to use it in javascript functions later.
View:
@model SomeViewModel
@{
var devicesDropDown = @Html.Partial("_DropDown",…
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Can you control the order in which the TagBuilder class renders attributes?
I know this is kind of obsessive, but is there a way to control the order that the TagBuilder class renders the attributes of an HTML tag when you call ToString()?
i.e. so that
var tb = new TagBuilder("meta"); …
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Html.ActionLink extension
I am trying to extend the Html.ActionLink as I want to add a custom meta data for a shared component (in this case a modal).
My aim is to further extend the LinkExtensions class within .Net MVC which will add a value to the html class attribute and…
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TagBuilder add attribute without value
The same question from here.
How to add attribute without value
This time, I want to create an input with AngularJS attribute, to use it as a directive.
Here is what I want:
This is what the TagBuilder generated:
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What is the difference, if any, between string.Format and TagBuilder in ASP.NET MVC?
I have a Html Helper file for my ASP.NET MVC application. The majority of them simply return a formatted string.
Here is an example of one of my formatted string helpers:
public static string Label(this HtmlHelper helper, string @for, string…
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ASP.NET MVC - Unit testing HTML that is generated by TagBuilders
I have code that generates html via TagBuilders How could I test if the right HTML is generated? My TagBuilder is not as simple as just one tag, it also contains other tags. So I have a function that returns TagBuilder object with following…
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RouteValueDictionary to HtmlAttributes
I know I can add html attributes to my tag by doing something like:
var htmlAttributes = new RouteValueDictionary { { "data-foo", "bar" } };
var tag = new TagBuilder("div");
tag.MergeAttributes(htmlAttributes );
@tag
Output:
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Prevent TagBuilder.MergeAttribute from encoding attribute text
I've created a Html helper that encodes email addresses in order to prevent SPAM. This is the same technique used by the MarkdownSharp library when auto-generating email links.
The problem is that TagBuilder.MergeAttribute encodes the attribute text…
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ASP.NET MVC TagBuilder.SetInnerText() not setting the text correctly
So I am creating a HtmlHelper extension method and I have run into a problem when using TagBuilder.SetInnerText(). The helper outputs an option tag. Here is the source of the helper:
public static string Option(this HtmlHelper helper, string…
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When to use MergeAttribute over Attributes.Add
When using TagBuilder one can use TagBuilder.Attributes.Add(..) or TagBuilder. MergeAttribute(..) to add attributes to the HTML element under construction:
TagBuilder formBuilder = new TagBuilder("form");
formBuilder.Attributes.Add("method",…
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Disable HTML encoding of attribute values in TagBuilder
I'm using MVC and I've created a HtmlHelper extension function ImageLink. This function uses two TagBuilder objects to build an HTML image link (like ![]()
).
It works fine, but now I have a page on which the action for the image button…
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Asp.NET MVC 6, TagHelper "asp-for" to Model itself
Lets say I have this partial View:
@model DateTime?
What goes to ??? to bind to the Model its self?
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