HTML ActionLink vs Url Action in ASP NET Razor

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Is there any difference between HTML ActionLink vs Url Action or they are just two ways of doing the same thing   When should I prefer one over the other

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You can easily present Html ActionLink as a button by using the appropriate CSS style   For example    Html ActionLink  Save    ActionMethod    Controller   new    class    btn btn-primary

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Yes  there is a difference  Html ActionLink generates an  lt a href      gt  lt  a gt  tag whereas Url Action returns only an url    For example    Html ActionLink  link text    someaction    somecontroller   new   id    123     null    generates    lt a href   somecontroller someaction 123  gt link text lt  a gt    and Url Action  someaction    somecontroller   new   id    123     generates    somecontroller someaction 123   There is also Html Action which executes a child controller action

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I used the code below to create a Button and it worked for me    lt input type  button  value  PDF  onclick  location href   Url Action  Export   tblOrder      gt

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Html ActionLink generates an  lt a href      gt  lt  a gt  tag automatically   Url Action generates only an url   For example    Html ActionLink  link text    actionName    controllerName   new   id     lt id gt      null    generates    lt a href   controllerName actionName  lt id gt   gt link text lt  a gt    and    Url Action  actionName    controllerName   new   id     lt id gt         generates    controllerName actionName  lt id gt    Best plus point which I like is using Url Action        You are creating anchor tag by your own where you can set your own linked text easily even with some other html tag    lt a href   Url Action  actionName    controllerName   new   id     lt id gt       gt       lt img src   lt ImageUrl gt   style width  lt somewidth gt  height  lt someheight gt    gt       Html DisplayFor model   gt  model  lt SomeModelField gt    lt  a gt

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HTML ActionLink generates a HTML anchor tag  While  Url Action generates a URL for you  You can easily understand it by      1   lt a href   ControllerName ActionMethod  gt Item Definition lt  a gt   HTML ActionLink  Item Definition    ActionMethod    ControllerName       2   ControllerName ActionMethod  Url Action  ActionMethod    ControllerName       3   lt a href   ControllerName ActionMethod  gt Item Definition lt  a gt   lt a href   Url Action  ActionMethod    ControllerName    gt  Item Definition lt  a gt    Both of these approaches are different and it totally depends upon your need

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lt p gt       Html ActionLink  Create New    Create    lt  p gt   using  Html BeginForm  Index    Company   FormMethod Get          lt p gt          Find by Name   Html TextBox  SearchString   ViewBag CurrentFilter as string           lt input type  submit  value  Search    gt           lt input type  button  value  Clear  onclick  location href   Url Action  Index   Company      gt       lt  p gt      In the above example you can see that If I specifically need a button to do some action  I have to do it with  Url Action whereas if I just want a link I will use  Html ActionLink  The point is when you have to use some element HTML  with action url is used

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