asp.net MVC3 razor: display actionlink based on user role

Question

I\'m new to MVC. I want to be able to hide some actionlinks for some users. Say I have a \"create\" actionlink which I only want administrators to see and click. I want to u

Answer 1

I have in the past created a helper function to only return output when a criteria is met like this:

public static MvcHtmlString If(this MvcHtmlString value, bool evaluation)
{
     return evaluation ? value : MvcHtmlString.Empty;
}

so you can use this:

@Html.ActionLink("Create New", "Create").If(User.IsInRole("Administrators"))

This way it is legible and short