How do I apply a CSS class to Html.ActionLink in ASP.NET MVC?

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LiamGu picture LiamGu · Sep 18, 2009 · Viewed 182.3k times · Source

I'm building an ASP.NET MVC application, using VB.NET and I'm trying to apply a css class to a Html.ActionLink using the code:

<%=Html.ActionLink("Home", "Index", "Home", new {@class = "tab" })%>

But when I run the code I receive the below error:

Compiler Error Message: BC30988: Type or 'With' expected.

I'm new to MVC and really haven't much of a clue what I'm doing so I can't see what's wrong there as I'm using code based of an example elsewhere.

Answer

adamgede picture adamgede · Jun 15, 2011

@ewomack has a great answer for C#, unless you don't need extra object values. In my case, I ended up using something similar to:

@Html.ActionLink("Delete", "DeleteList", "List", new object { },
new { @class = "delete"})

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