using html text in ActionLinkButton

[gicalle]

hello Dmitry, i'm using BMVC V2 for Bootstrap 2.3.2

@Html.Bootstrap().ActionLinkButton("TEST", "index").Size(ButtonSize.Small).RouteValues(new { post = Model }).Style(ButtonStyle.Warning)

generates correctly

<a class="btn btn-small btn-warning" href="/Pass?post=5">TEST</a>

but how can i generate this, so that a 'badge' is displayed in the button itself?

<a class="btn btn-small btn-warning" href="/Pass?post=5">TEST <span class="badge badge-info">
    5</span></a>

i've tried

@Html.Bootstrap().ActionLinkButton("TEST <span class='badge badge-info'>5</span>", "index").Size(ButtonSize.Small).RouteValues(new { post = Model }).Style(ButtonStyle.Warning)

but the text is always converted to html encoded text, thus resulting in this button:

<a class="btn btn-small btn-warning" href="/Pass?post=5">TEST &lt;span class='badge badge-info'&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;</a>

or maybe there is an alternative way to use actionlinks together with badges / custom html?

[DmitryEfimenko]

there is another extension method on ActionLinkButton: .LinkTextAsHtml(). Using it will make sure your html does not get encoded. maybe I should make this behavior default...

[gicalle]

Ok thanks, that will do the trick. I hadn't updated to the latest version, so was unable to find it myself...

Maybe it's a good idea to make it default, because it doesn't interfere with 'plain text'. Everything will work and you're able to put in html from time to time.

[gicalle]

hm,

@Html.Bootstrap().ActionLinkButton("please <b'>click</b>", "TEST").LinkTextAsHtml(true)

is generating

<a class="btn  btn-default" href="Pass/TEST">please &lt;b&gt;click&lt;/b&gt;</a>

instead of

<a class="btn  btn-default" href="/Pass/TEST">please <b>click</b></a>

[DmitryEfimenko]

Hold on. I was originally fixing this issue for ActionLink. Must have forgot to apply the same for the ActionLinkButton

[DmitryEfimenko]

this is fixed. Please get latest. Also deprecated LinkTextAsHtml method. Now this behavior is default.