MVC3 Actionlink with confirmation dialog

Question

Can I show a confirmation message for an ActionLink?

Do I need to use javascript? Is it possible without it?

Could you give some example for me?

Answer 1

Edit: don't use this answer, use the other one from Jim.

You won't be able to use ActionLink - you'll have to write some JavaScript (such as that listed here) to pop up a confirmation. You can use Url.Action to generate the URL that the javascript will eventually use for the post or get endpoint.

My javascript is bad, but I think this gets the idea across:

Checkout and view order list