What is use of ActionLink in MVC

ActionLink is an HTML Helper method which generates hyperlinks in MVC application. It is a static overloaded method of type MvcHtmlString. Some of the examples are as follows.

@Html.ActionLink("Order Online", "Edit", "MenuItems")

First parameter "Order Online" is the String to Display in Page.Edit is the Controller action method.MenuItems is the Controller Class.

@Html.ActionLink("Department Details", "Index", "Department",new { area="AdminAccess"},null)

In the above, we are using Area name when accessing the ActionLink.

@Html.ActionLink("Back to List", "Index")