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

There is such helper now:

Html.Raw("<h2>Results</h2>")

Answer 2

Response.Write should work. (Although maybe it's kind of taking a step back!) You should be able to create an extension method to do it. And maybe instead of using HTML string, you might want to build your markup in code using the TagBuilder.

Answer 3

For MVC2:

<%: MvcHtmlString.Create("<h2>Results</h2>") %>

Found here:

store and display html tags in MVC

Answer 4

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("<option value= '{0}'> {1} </option>", "", "None");


        Dictionary<Guid, String> 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(
                "<option value= '{0}' {2}> {1} </option>", 
                account.Key, 
                account.Value,
                selected == account.Key ? " selected='selected' " : ""
            );

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