Asp.net-mvc – HTML Encoding for HtmlHelper Extension Method

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First of all I'm using MVC 3 RC1 with the Razor view engine. I've got an HTML helper extension which looks like this:

public static string TabbedMenuItem(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, string text, string actionName, string controllerName) {
    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
    builder.Append("<li>");

    builder.Append(text);

    builder.Append("</li>");
    return builder.ToString();
}

And on the view it's called like this:

@Html.TabbedMenuItem("Home", "Index", "Home")

The problem I've got is that MVC is automatically HTML encoding the result in the view so all I get is the encoded version of the string:

<li>Home</li>

Does anyone know how to disable the automatic encoding for your HTML helper extensions?

Thanks in advance
Andy

Best Answer

public static IHtmlString TabbedMenuItem(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, string text, string actionName, string controllerName)
{
    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
    builder.Append("<li>");

    builder.Append(text);

    builder.Append("</li>");
    return MvcHtmlString.Create(builder.ToString());
}

Use return value IHtmlString. Hope this help.

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