How can I create a breadcrumb in MVC4 without using the MVCsitemapprovider package. By only using web.sitemap nodes.
I have already tried this method and I want to use a sitemap to get the parent node child node and display out.
public static class BreadCrumbHelpers
{
static StringBuilder breadcrumb = new StringBuilder();
public static string BuildBreadcrumbNavigation(this HtmlHelper helper)
{
//remove breadcrumb on login page
//if (helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString() == "Index" ||
// helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["controller"].ToString() == "Account")
//{
// return string.Empty;
//}
//Area root
if (helper.ViewContext.RouteData.DataTokens["area"] == "Admin")
{
MenuIndexStringBuilder(helper);
//Return to previous breadcrumb
if (helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString() == "Page2")
{
breadcrumb.Append("<li>" + helper.ActionLink("Page 1", "Page1", "Testing") + "</li>");
}
}
else if (helper.ViewContext.RouteData.DataTokens["area"] == "Student")
{
MenuIndexStringBuilder(helper);
//Return to previous breadcrumb
if (helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString() == "Page2")
{
breadcrumb.Append("<li>" + helper.ActionLink("Page 1", "Page1", "SPageTest") + "</li>");
}
}
else
{
//Default page
breadcrumb = new StringBuilder("<ul class=\"breadcrumb\"><li>")
.Append(helper.ActionLink("Menu", "Index", "Template").ToHtmlString())
.Append("</li>");
//Return to previous breadcrumb
}
if (helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString() != "Index")
{
BreadcrumbAppend(helper);
}
return breadcrumb.Append("</ul>").ToString();
}
private static void MenuIndexStringBuilder(this HtmlHelper helper)
{
breadcrumb = new StringBuilder("<ul class=\"breadcrumb\"><li>")
.Append(helper.ActionLink("Menu", "Index", "Template", new { area = "" }, null).ToHtmlString())
.Append("</li>");
}
private static void BreadcrumbAppend(this HtmlHelper helper)
{
breadcrumb.Append("<li>");
breadcrumb.Append(helper.ActionLink(helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString().Titleize(),
helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString(),
helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["controller"].ToString()));
breadcrumb.Append("</li>");
}
}