Is there an ASP.NET MVC HtmlHelper for image links?

Question

The Html.RouteLink() HtmlHelper works great for text links. But what\'s the best way to link an image?

Answer 1

this code has been tested on mvc4...

    public static MvcHtmlString ImageLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, string imgSrc, string alt, string actionName, string controllerName, object routeValues, object htmlAttributes, object imgHtmlAttributes)
    {
        UrlHelper urlHelper = ((Controller)htmlHelper.ViewContext.Controller).Url;
        var imgTag = new TagBuilder("img");
        imgTag.MergeAttribute("src", imgSrc);
        imgTag.MergeAttributes((IDictionary)imgHtmlAttributes, true);
        string url = urlHelper.Action(actionName, controllerName, routeValues);



        var imglink = new TagBuilder("a");
        imglink.MergeAttribute("href", url);
        imglink.InnerHtml = imgTag.ToString();
        imglink.MergeAttributes((IDictionary)htmlAttributes, true);

        return MvcHtmlString.Create(imglink.ToString());

    }