MVC2: Is there an Html Helper for raw Html?

Question

Is there an Html helper that simply accepts and returns raw html? Rather than do something ugly like this:

<% if (Model.Results.Count > 0) { %>

        

Answer 1

If you want to use an HtmlHelper for whatever you're doing, you can return an MvcHtmlString built with a TabBuilder

Here an example of one that I use:

    public static MvcHtmlString AccountsDropDown(this HtmlHelper helper, string name,  object htmlAddributes = null, bool addNull = false, Guid? selected = null)
    {
        Account acc = HttpContext.Current.Session["account"] as Account;

        TagBuilder tb = new TagBuilder("select");

        tb.GenerateId(name);
        tb.Attributes["name"] = name;

        if (addNull)
            tb.InnerHtml += string.Format(" {1} ", "", "None");


        Dictionary accounts;

        if (acc.Master)
            accounts = db.Account.ToDictionary(x => x.Id, x => x.Name);
        else
            accounts = db.Account.Where(x => x.Id == acc.Id).ToDictionary(x => x.Id, x => x.Name);

        foreach (var account in accounts)
            tb.InnerHtml += string.Format(
                " {1} ", 
                account.Key, 
                account.Value,
                selected == account.Key ? " selected='selected' " : ""
            );

        return new MvcHtmlString(tb.ToString());
    }