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Is there any difference between HTML.ActionLink vs Url.Action or they are just two ways of doing the same thing?
When should I prefer one over the other?
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Html. ActionLink creates a hyperlink on a view page and the user clicks it to navigate to a new URL. It does not link to a view directly, rather it links to a controller's action.
Razor pages have handler-methods which are HTTP verbs. So to call a method from your page you need to put On followed by the http verb you want then your method name . And in your view pass the name to the asp-page-handler without the OnPost or OnGet prefix or Async suffix.
@Html. ActionLink("name", "Action", "Controler", new { id= sentId, Style = "color:White" }, null);
Yes, there is a difference. Html.ActionLink generates an <a href=".."></a> tag whereas Url.Action returns only an url.
For example:
@Html.ActionLink("link text", "someaction", "somecontroller", new { id = "123" }, null) generates:
<a href="/somecontroller/someaction/123">link text</a> and Url.Action("someaction", "somecontroller", new { id = "123" }) generates:
/somecontroller/someaction/123 There is also Html.Action which executes a child controller action.
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