Using HtmlHelper in a Controller

Question

Is it possible to use HtmlHelper in a controller, for-example to get the TextBox(...) method? not that I can\'t write the html that it generates myself, but I just want to u

Answer 1

You can use method like this:

public static HtmlHelper GetHtmlHelper(this Controller controller)
{
    var viewContext = new ViewContext(controller.ControllerContext, new FakeView(), controller.ViewData, controller.TempData, TextWriter.Null);
    return new HtmlHelper(viewContext, new ViewPage());
}

public class FakeView : IView
{
    public void Render(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer)
    {
        throw new InvalidOperationException();
    }
}