Why is there no @Html.Button in IntelliSense in ASP.NET MVC 3?

Razor does not appear to have a "Button" HTML helper. You're likely finding references to a custom-built HTML helper extension.

See here: http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/creating-custom-html-helpers-cs

There is no button helper as of mvc preview 3 (not mvc3)

it was mentioned a bunch in the past for example: http://blog.wekeroad.com/blog/aspnet-mvc-preview-using-the-mvc-ui-helpers/ however rolling your own is trivial - essentially just create a new Html.ButtonFor and copy the source code from Html.LabelFor and change the output to create an <input type="button"> tag.

I have written my own HTMLButton extension that you can use, instead:

public static class HtmlButtonExtension
{


public static MvcHtmlString Button(this HtmlHelper helper,
string innerHtml,
object htmlAttributes)
{
return Button(helper, innerHtml,
HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributes)
);
}


public static MvcHtmlString Button(this HtmlHelper helper,
string innerHtml,
IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes)
{
var builder = new TagBuilder("button");
builder.InnerHtml = innerHtml;
builder.MergeAttributes(htmlAttributes);
return MvcHtmlString.Create(builder.ToString());
}
}

To expand on the accepted answer, so you can bind a submit button to a model property but have different text:

@Html.ButtonFor(m => m.Action, Model.LabelForCurrentAction(), new { @class = "btn btn-primary btn-large", type = "submit" })

Using the following slightly modified Button helper class:

/// <summary>
/// Via https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5955571/theres-no-html-button
/// </summary>
public static class HtmlButtonExtension
{


public static MvcHtmlString Button(this HtmlHelper helper, object innerHtml, object htmlAttributes)
{
return helper.Button(innerHtml, HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributes));
}


public static MvcHtmlString Button(this HtmlHelper helper, object innerHtml, IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes)
{
var builder = new TagBuilder("button") { InnerHtml = innerHtml.ToString() };
builder.MergeAttributes(htmlAttributes);
return MvcHtmlString.Create(builder.ToString());
}


public static MvcHtmlString ButtonFor<TModel, TField>(this HtmlHelper<TModel> html,
Expression<Func<TModel, TField>> property,
object innerHtml,
object htmlAttributes)
{
// lazily based on TextAreaFor


var attrs = HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributes);


var name = ExpressionHelper.GetExpressionText(property);
var metadata = ModelMetadata.FromLambdaExpression(property, html.ViewData);


string fullName = html.ViewContext.ViewData.TemplateInfo.GetFullHtmlFieldName(name);


ModelState modelState;
if (html.ViewData.ModelState.TryGetValue(fullName, out modelState) && modelState.Errors.Count > 0)
{
if( !attrs.ContainsKey("class") ) attrs["class"] = string.Empty;
attrs["class"] += " " + HtmlHelper.ValidationInputCssClassName;
attrs["class"] = attrs["class"].ToString().Trim();
}
var validation = html.GetUnobtrusiveValidationAttributes(name, metadata);
if(null != validation) foreach(var v in validation) attrs.Add(v.Key, v.Value);


string value;
if (modelState != null && modelState.Value != null)
{
value = modelState.Value.AttemptedValue;
}
else if (metadata.Model != null)
{
value = metadata.Model.ToString();
}
else
{
value = String.Empty;
}


attrs["name"] = name;
attrs["Value"] = value;
return html.Button(innerHtml, attrs);
}
}

MVC5 , Bootstrap ver 3.2.0

@Html.ActionLink
(
linkText: " Remove",
actionName: "Index",
routeValues: null, // or to pass some value -> routeValues: new { id = 1 },
htmlAttributes: new { @class = "btn btn-success btn-sm glyphicon glyphicon-remove" }
)

This will generate a link that looks like a button.