[asp.net] ASP MVC href to a controller/view

I have this:

<li><a href="/Users/Index)" class="elements"><span>Clients</span></a></li>

Which works fine. But if I am already on this page or on the controller e.g. /Users/Details and I click on this link it redirects me to /Users/Index.

How can I get the correct path in the href regardless of my current position on the site?

Here '~' refers to the root directory ,where Home is controller and Download_Excel_File is actionmethod

 <a href="~/Home/Download_Excel_File" />

You can also use this very simplified form:

@Html.ActionLink("Come back to Home", "Index", "Home")

Where :
Come back to Home is the text that will appear on the page
Index is the view name
Homeis the controller name

Try the following:

<a asp-controller="Users" asp-action="Index"></a>

(Valid for ASP.NET 5 and MVC 6)

how about

<li>
<a href="@Url.Action("Index", "Users")" class="elements"><span>Clients</span></a>
</li>

You can modify with the following

<li><a href="./Index" class="elements"><span>Clients</span></a></li>

The extra dot means you are in the same controller. If you want change the controller to a different controller then you can write this

<li><a href="../newController/Index" class="elements"><span>Clients</span></a></li>

If using ASP.NET Core, you can adjust the accepted answer to:

<a href="@Url.Action("Index", null, new { area = string.Empty, controller = "User" }, @Context.Request.Scheme)">
     <span>Clients</span>
</a>

replacing @Request.Url.Scheme with @Context.Request.Scheme