ASP.net MVC ActionLink with Image: Part 2 (using Images)

In my previous post I talked about creating a custom helper to render an ActionLink with a Glyph image.

In this post I will show how to create a similar helper but using "normal" images instead of bootstrap glyphs.

/// <summary>
/// Create an ActionLink with an associated image
/// </summary>
/// <param name="htmlHelper"></param>
/// <param name="linkText"></param>
/// <param name="actionName"></param>
/// <param name="controllerName"></param>
/// <param name="imagePath"></param>
/// <param name="routeValues"></param>
/// <param name="htmlAttributes"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static MvcHtmlString ImageImgActionLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, string linkText, string actionName, string controllerName, string imagePath, object routeValues = null, object htmlAttributes = null)
{
 //Exemple of result:
 //<a href="@Url.Action("Edit", new { id = Model.id_rod })">
 //  <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-pencil"></i>
 //  <span>Edit</span>
 //</a>

 if (imagePath.StartsWith("~/"))
 {
  imagePath = VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute(imagePath);
 }

 var builderImage = new TagBuilder("image");
 builderImage.MergeAttribute("src", imagePath);
 builderImage.MergeAttribute("alt", linkText);
 builderImage.MergeAttribute("style", "border=0");
 string imageTag = builderImage.ToString(TagRenderMode.SelfClosing);

 string spanTag = "";
 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(linkText))
 {
  var builderSPAN = new TagBuilder("span");
  builderSPAN.InnerHtml = " " + linkText;
  spanTag = builderSPAN.ToString(TagRenderMode.Normal);
 }

 //Create the "a" tag that wraps
 var builderA = new TagBuilder("a");

 var requestContext = HttpContext.Current.Request.RequestContext;
 var uh = new UrlHelper(requestContext);

 builderA.MergeAttribute("href", uh.Action(actionName, controllerName, routeValues));

 if (htmlAttributes != null)
 {
  IDictionary<string, object> attributes = new RouteValueDictionary(htmlAttributes);
  builderA.MergeAttributes(attributes);
 }

 builderA.InnerHtml = imageTag + spanTag;

 return new MvcHtmlString(builderA.ToString(TagRenderMode.Normal));
}

You can pass to the helper both absolute urls or relative urls (as imagePath) so it gives you total flexibility.