How to make (link)button function as hyperlink? - asp.net

Question

How do I use an asp:Button or asp:LinkButton as asp:Hyperlink?
The existing Hyperlink just goes to another section on the same page: NavigateUrl="#Section2"
I want to do this in the aspx file without additional coding. Thanks.
The purpose is to have a button look instead of the underlined text BUT I don't want to use an image with hyperlink to achieve this purpose.

Answer 1

You can use OnClientClick event to call a JavaScript function:
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" onclientclick='redirect()' />
JavaScript code:
function redirect() {
location.href = 'page.aspx';
}
But i think the best would be to style a hyperlink with css.
Example :
.button {
display: block;
height: 25px;
background: #f1f1f1;
padding: 10px;
text-align: center;
border-radius: 5px;
border: 1px solid #e1e1e2;
color: #000;
font-weight: bold;
}

Answer 2

There is a middle way. If you want a HTML control but you need to access it server side you can simply add the runat="server" attribute:
<a runat="server" Id="lnkBack">Back</a>
You can then alter the href server side using Attributes
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
lnkBack.Attributes.Add("href", url);
}
}
resulting in:
<a id="ctl00_ctl00_mainContentPlaceHolder_contentPlaceHolder_lnkBack"
href="url.aspx">Back</a>

Answer 3

The best way to accomplish this is by simply adding "href" to the link button like below.
<asp:LinkButton runat="server" id="SomeLinkButton" href="url" CssClass="btn btn-primary btn-sm">Button Text</asp:LinkButton>
Using javascript, or doing this programmatically in the page_load, will work as well but is not the best way to go about doing this.
You will get this result:
<a id="MainContent_ctl00_SomeLinkButton" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" href="url" href="javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$MainContent$ctl00$lSomeLinkButton','')">Button Text</a>
You can also get the same results by using using a regular
.

Answer 4

This can be done very easily using a PostBackUrl and a regular button.
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Name of web location" PostBackUrl="web address" />

Answer 5

you can use linkbutton for navigating to another section in the same page by using PostBackUrl="#Section2"