There's no @Html.Button !
public static class HtmlButtonExtension
{
public static MvcHtmlString Button(this HtmlHelper helper,
string innerHtml,
object htmlAttributes)
{
return Button(helper, innerHtml,
HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributes)
);
}
public static MvcHtmlString Button(this HtmlHelper helper,
string innerHtml,
IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes)
{
var builder = new TagBuilder("button");
builder.InnerHtml = innerHtml;
builder.MergeAttributes(htmlAttributes);
return MvcHtmlString.Create(builder.ToString());
}
}
There is no button helper as of mvc preview 3 (not mvc3)
it was mentioned a bunch in the past for example: http://blog.wekeroad.com/blog/aspnet-mvc-preview-using-the-mvc-ui-helpers/ however rolling your own is trivial - I have a basis for it somewhere around here I'll have to dig it up, but essentially just create a new Html.ButtonFor and copy the source code from Html.LabelFor and change the output to create an input type="button" tag.
To expand on the accepted answer, so you can bind a submit button to a model property but have different text:
@Html.ButtonFor(m => m.Action, Model.LabelForCurrentAction(), new { @class = "btn btn-primary btn-large", type = "submit" })
Using the following slightly modified Button
helper class:
/// <summary>
/// Via https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5955571/theres-no-html-button
/// </summary>
public static class HtmlButtonExtension
{
public static MvcHtmlString Button(this HtmlHelper helper, object innerHtml, object htmlAttributes)
{
return helper.Button(innerHtml, HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributes));
}
public static MvcHtmlString Button(this HtmlHelper helper, object innerHtml, IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes)
{
var builder = new TagBuilder("button") { InnerHtml = innerHtml.ToString() };
builder.MergeAttributes(htmlAttributes);
return MvcHtmlString.Create(builder.ToString());
}
public static MvcHtmlString ButtonFor<TModel, TField>(this HtmlHelper<TModel> html,
Expression<Func<TModel, TField>> property,
object innerHtml,
object htmlAttributes)
{
// lazily based on TextAreaFor
var attrs = HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributes);
var name = ExpressionHelper.GetExpressionText(property);
var metadata = ModelMetadata.FromLambdaExpression(property, html.ViewData);
string fullName = html.ViewContext.ViewData.TemplateInfo.GetFullHtmlFieldName(name);
ModelState modelState;
if (html.ViewData.ModelState.TryGetValue(fullName, out modelState) && modelState.Errors.Count > 0)
{
if( !attrs.ContainsKey("class") ) attrs["class"] = string.Empty;
attrs["class"] += " " + HtmlHelper.ValidationInputCssClassName;
attrs["class"] = attrs["class"].ToString().Trim();
}
var validation = html.GetUnobtrusiveValidationAttributes(name, metadata);
if(null != validation) foreach(var v in validation) attrs.Add(v.Key, v.Value);
string value;
if (modelState != null && modelState.Value != null)
{
value = modelState.Value.AttemptedValue;
}
else if (metadata.Model != null)
{
value = metadata.Model.ToString();
}
else
{
value = String.Empty;
}
attrs["name"] = name;
attrs["Value"] = value;
return html.Button(innerHtml, attrs);
}
}