How to unpack htmlAttributes in a span tag in ASP.NET MVC

Question

I have htmlAttributes generated - originally for the purpose of creating a link with the attribute using Html.ActionLink.

Now, based on some condition, I would like to create a <span> tag instead and put the attributes in there. Is there anyway it can be done easily ?

Eg: something like:

<span <%= htmlAttributes.Unpack() %> > Some txt </span>

OR

<%= Html.SpanTag("Some txt", htmlAttributes) %>

OR anything similar without wresling too much with the already generated htmlAttribues?

Thanks

Answer 1

You could easily build an Html.Span Extension something like :

    public static MvcHtmlString DatePicker(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, string name, string text, object htmlAttributes)
    {
        RouteValueDictionary attributes =
            htmlAttributes == null ? new RouteValueDictionary()
                                   : new RouteValueDictionary(htmlAttributes);
        TagBuilder tagBuilder = new TagBuilder("span");
        tagBuilder.MergeAttributes(attributes);
        tagBuilder.MergeAttribute("name", name, true);
        tagBuilder.GenerateId(name);
        tagBuilder.SetInnerText(text);

        return MvcHtmlString.Create(tagBuilder.ToString());
    }

I didn't test this but should be working