Problem
By default, Razor encodes strings. Is there a particular syntax for non-encoded rendering?
Asked by SiberianGuy
Solution #1
You can use: since ASP.NET MVC 3.
@Html.Raw(myString)
Answered by Lucas
Solution #2
@(new HtmlString(myString))
Answered by Matthew Vines
Solution #3
In addition to the @Html.Raw(string) technique already discussed, a MvcHtmlString will not be encoded. This is handy if you want to add your own extensions to the HtmlHelper or if you want to return a value from your view model that may contain html.
For instance, if your view model was:
public class SampleViewModel
{
public string SampleString { get; set; }
public MvcHtmlString SampleHtmlString { get; set; }
}
Use HtmlString for Core 1.0+ (and MVC 5+).
public class SampleViewModel
{
public string SampleString { get; set; }
public HtmlString SampleHtmlString { get; set; }
}
then
<!-- this will be encoded -->
<div>@Model.SampleString</div>
<!-- this will not be encoded -->
<div>@Html.Raw(Model.SampleString)</div>
<!-- this will not be encoded either -->
<div>@Model.SampleHtmlString</div>
Answered by Jonathan Moffatt
Solution #4
Use @Html.Raw() with caution, as it can lead to more encoding and security issues. I understand the use case because I had to do it myself, but proceed with caution… Allowing all text through isn’t a good idea. For example, only keep/convert specified character sequences while encoding everything else:
@Html.Raw(Html.Encode(myString).Replace("\n", "<br/>"))
Then you can rest assured that you haven’t introduced a security flaw, and that any special or foreign characters will be shown correctly in all browsers.
Answered by Tony Wall
Solution #5
In the case of ActionLink, the link text is usually encoded with HttpUtility.Encode. You can use HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(myString) in that situation; it worked for me when I used HtmlActionLink to decode the string I wanted to provide. eg:
@Html.ActionLink(HttpUtility.HtmlDecode("myString","ActionName",..)Answered by gutsy_guy
Post is based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4071602/asp-net-mvc-razor-render-without-encoding