ASP.NET MVC Avatar Overview

The Telerik UI Avatar for ASP.NET MVC is typically used to display images, icons or initials representing people or other entities.

It also gives you the flexibility to customize its border radius, size, color, etc.

The Avatar is part of Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC, a professional grade UI library with 110+ components for building modern and feature-rich applications. To try it out sign up for a free 30-day trial.

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• Avatar demos

Initializing the Avatar

The following example demonstrates how to initialize an Avatar component.

    @(Html.Kendo().Avatar()
        .Name("avatar-text")
        .Type(AvatarType.Text)
        .Text("JS")
    )

Accessibility and Keyboard Navigation

The Alt option can be used when the Type is set to Image. This value will be used to populate the alt attribute of the <img> element.

The Avatar is a non-focusable element.

Functionality and Features

• Appearance—Use different configuration settings to control the styling of the component.

Next Steps

• Getting Started with the Avatar
• Overview of the Avatar HtmlHelper for ASP.NET MVC (Demo)

See Also

• Integrating the Avatar for ASP.NET MVC into a Grid (Demo)
• Knowledge Base Section