HTML.Button in ASP.NET MVC

Question

Starting from ASP.NET MVC Preview 3, HTML.Button ( and other related HTML controls) are no longer supported.

The question is, what is the equivalent for them? I've an app that was built using Preview 2, now I have to make it compatible with the latest CTP releases.

Adriano · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-29 05:38:25Z

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Just write <input type="button" ... /> into your html. There's nothing special at all with the html controls.

edited Apr 29, 2019 at 5:38

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answered Sep 12, 2008 at 15:21

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Junior Mayhe Over a year ago

look at stackoverflow.com/questions/407770/…

Graviton · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-06 01:37:19Z

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I figured it out. It goes something like this:

<form method="post" action="<%= Html.AttributeEncode(Url.Action("CastUpVote")) %>">
<input type="submit" value="<%=ViewData.Model.UpVotes%> up votes" />
</form>

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answered Sep 12, 2008 at 15:32

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PositiveGuy Over a year ago

You don't need the <% that's asp.net forms. Use razor so value="@Model.UpVotes" don't be using the old <% %> use Razor.

Colin Mackay Over a year ago

Why? As far as I can see it is personal preference whether to use Razor or WebForms syntax. Both are supported and if a team is already using one and it is working fine for them then they should probably stick with it. You shouldn't just dismiss something because it is "old". (Incidentally, the original question, and this answer, were posted in 2008 - Before razor came to ASP.NET MVC)

Jonesopolis Over a year ago

It's personal preference, but it's the wrong personal preference

Brad Wilson · Accepted Answer · 2008-09-14 16:05:50Z

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Several of the extension methods got moved to Microsoft.Web.Mvc, which is the MVC Futures DLL. You might want to look there for things that have gone missing.

answered Sep 14, 2008 at 16:05

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Thunder3 · Accepted Answer · 2008-09-12 15:26:32Z

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<asp:Button> is the ASP.NET equivalent to the HTML.Button. It will by default generate an <input type="button">. (This is the System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button class)

answered Sep 12, 2008 at 15:26

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Jeremy McGee Over a year ago

Not useful, the question was about ASP.NET MVC, not Web Forms.

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