ASP.NET MVC inline tags not working with <link href>

Question

Every time I put an inline tag on the link's href attribute it somehow gets auto-encoded. Is this ASP.NET's default behavior? How can I dynamically set the Href attribute using code? This is in MVC btw.

Attempted something like this

<link href="<%: Link.Content.Jquery_css %>" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

which rendered this (nothing changed)

<link href="<%: Link.Content.Jquery_css %>" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

and this

<link href="<%= Link.Content.Jquery_css %> rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

which produced this (I couldn't remember the exact numbers, but it seems the bracket-percent-equals was encoded to link format)

<link href="/View/Shared%25Link.Content.Jquery_css%25" %>" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

Link.Content.Jquery_css is a strongly typed string containing the link made using T4MVC.

Add'l info: I used ASP.NET MVC 2, in .NET 4 and testing in Firefox.

what does Link.Content.Jquery_css look like when you do Response.Write(Link.Content.Jquery_css)? Is it being encoded before it hits the view? — Chase Florell
– Chase Florell, Commented Nov 24, 2010 at 0:27
Seems like it is. I'm just confused since I'm using the same Link.Content class for a javascript reference on the same master page <script src=<%= Link.Content.Jquery_js%> /> and it's working as expected. — Jonn
– Jonn, Commented Nov 24, 2010 at 0:37
You'll have to trace back to the creation of that element. Can you show some code from either the Model or the Controller where the Jquery_css is being created? — Chase Florell
– Chase Florell, Commented Nov 24, 2010 at 1:07
If I'm not mistaken, it's a static readonly string. I don't have the source code at the moment. I'll post additional details if things still don't work later. — Jonn
– Jonn, Commented Nov 24, 2010 at 1:10

Ning Liu · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-02 20:25:15Z

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I got the same issue in the master page. (It doesn't happen in an individual page.) I found removing "runat=server" from the head tag fixed the problem.

answered Jun 2, 2011 at 20:25

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davidsleeps Over a year ago

+1, my issue was with webforms, but removing runat="server" did fix up the exact problem the OP had (with it not interpreting the code)

Justin Niessner · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-23 15:09:29Z

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It's getting auto-encoded because of the tag your using (<%: %>). If you don't want the URL to be Encoded, use the following:

<link href="<%= Link.Content.Jquery_css %>" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

answered Nov 23, 2010 at 15:09

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Jonn Over a year ago

I forgot to say that I've tried it already. Edited my question to clarify it.

Paul Hadfield · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-23 15:09:52Z

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Change the ":" to "=" and that remove the auto encoding

answered Nov 23, 2010 at 15:09

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Pavel Chuchuva · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-24 00:41:49Z

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Your view is unable to access Link.Content.Jquery_css property. ASP.NET unhelpfully doesn't throw any error.

Move that line inside the body of the page and you will see compilation error.

answered Nov 24, 2010 at 0:41

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DavidWainwright · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-26 10:49:15Z

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You could do this:

<head>
    <style type="text/css">
        @import "<%= ResolveUrl("~/content/styles.css") %>";
        @import "<%= ResolveUrl("~/content/print.css") %>" print;
    </style>
</head>

answered Jun 26, 2012 at 10:49

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justabuzz Over a year ago

Cool! I should have thought about this! All the above ideas didn't work. Not to mention that runat="server" isn't even relevant here (MVC). Thanks!

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