Asp.net Hyperlink control equivalent to

I wanted to define a HyperLink control in asp.net that produces html output similar to the following:

<a href="#"></a> 

but can't figure out how. would be thankful if anyone could help.
Thanks in advance.

6 Answers

I agree with SLaks, but here you go

 <asp:HyperLink NavigateUrl="#" Text="" runat="server"/> 

or you can alter the href using

hyperlink1.NavigateUrl = "#"; hyperlink1.Text = string.empty; 

Just write <a href="#"></a>.

If that's what you want, you don't need a server-side control.

hyperlink1.NavigateUrl = "#"; or hyperlink1.attributes["href"] = "#"; or <asp:HyperLink NavigateUrl="#" runat="server" /> 

If you want to add the value on aspx page , Just enter <a href='your link'>clickhere</a>

If you are trying to achieve it via Code-Behind., Make use of the Hyperlink control

HyperLink hl1 = new HyperLink(); hl1.text="Click Here"; hl1.NavigateUrl=""; 

Asp:Hyperlink

If you need to access this as a server-side control (e.g. you want to add data attributes to a link, as I did), then there is a way to do what you want; however, you don't use the Hyperlink or HtmlAnchor controls to do it. Create a literal control and then add in "Your Text" as the text for the literal control (or whatever else you need to do that way). It's hacky, but it works.