ASP.NET MVC Ajax.ActionLink with Image

Question

is there anyway to have an image act as an ajax actionlink? I can only get it to work using text. Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

From Stephen Walthe, from his Contact manger project

 public static class ImageActionLinkHelper
{

    public static string ImageActionLink(this AjaxHelper helper, string imageUrl, string altText, string actionName, object routeValues, AjaxOptions ajaxOptions)
    {
        var builder = new TagBuilder("img");
        builder.MergeAttribute("src", imageUrl);
        builder.MergeAttribute("alt", altText);
        var link = helper.ActionLink("[replaceme]", actionName, routeValues, ajaxOptions);
        return link.Replace("[replaceme]", builder.ToString(TagRenderMode.SelfClosing));
    }

}

You can now type in your aspx file :

<%= Ajax.ImageActionLink("../../Content/Delete.png", "Delete", "Delete", new { id = item.Id }, new AjaxOptions { Confirm = "Delete contact?", HttpMethod = "Delete", UpdateTargetId = "divContactList" })%>