Calling another different view from the controller using ASP.NET MVC 4

Question

I have a view (Index.cshtml) with a submit button. When the submit button is clicked, it calls an action (Action01) within the controller (TestController.cs) so at the end of the action I want to return to the caller (Index.cshtml) view with a custom view model as a parameter. How do I do this?

Results after first attempt using View("ViewName",model):

An error is raised, as the action is within the controller Test, so returning, it is searching for \Views\Tests\Index, and my Index page is in \Views\Home\Index.

The view 'Index' or its master was not found or no view engine supports the searched locations. The following locations were searched:

~/Views/Test/Index.aspx
~/Views/Test/Index.ascx
~/Views/Shared/Index.aspx
~/Views/Shared/Index.ascx
~/Views/Test/Index.cshtml
~/Views/Test/Index.vbhtml
~/Views/Shared/Index.cshtml
~/Views/Shared/Index.vbhtml

Final solution:

I have used return View("ViewName", model), and I have changed my directories structure as it was the problem.

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-07 17:24:48Z

125

You can directly return a different view like:

return View("NameOfView", Model);

Or you can make a partial view and can return like:

return PartialView("PartialViewName", Model);

edited Jul 7, 2015 at 17:24

Peter Mortensen

31.4k22 gold badges110 silver badges134 bronze badges

answered Sep 20, 2013 at 6:57

Neel

11.7k3 gold badges46 silver badges63 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

3 Comments

Willy Over a year ago

An error is raised as action is in a controller whose view it is under \Views\Test

Willy Over a year ago

I have modified my directories structure. It was the problem. Now your solution works like a charm. Thanks a lot! My accepted solution is yours as you have answered first.

DustinA Over a year ago

My intellisense in VS2013 wasn't picking this method up, even though it seemed like it should have been there, so this is great. Thanks. Even when I tried it, it didn't pick it up until I saw your answer and typed the entire thing out. Thanks.

chindirala sampath kumar · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-18 13:40:24Z

68

To return a different view, you can specify the name of the view you want to return and model as follows:

return View("ViewName", yourModel);

if the view is in different folder under Views folder then use below absolute path:

return View("~/Views/FolderName/ViewName.aspx");

edited Jul 18, 2018 at 13:40

chindirala sampath kumar

6518 silver badges18 bronze badges

answered Sep 20, 2013 at 6:54

Jatin patil

4,2961 gold badge20 silver badges27 bronze badges

1 Comment

Jatin patil Over a year ago

you will have to use absolute path will returning view from diffrent folders. see update code.

Diako Hasani · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-09 07:22:11Z

7

            public ActionResult Index()
            {
                return View();
            }


            public ActionResult Test(string Name)
            {
                return RedirectToAction("Index");
            }

Return View Directly displays your view but

Redirect ToAction Action is performed

edited Jul 9, 2019 at 7:22

answered May 8, 2019 at 11:25

Diako Hasani

1,50415 silver badges15 bronze badges

Comments

RaBz · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-04 11:00:02Z

4

You have to specify the name of the custom view and its related model in Controller Action method.

public ActionResult About()
{            
   return View("NameOfViewYouWantToReturn",Model); 
}

answered Apr 4, 2017 at 11:00

RaBz

1551 silver badge5 bronze badges

Comments

César León · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-27 16:38:49Z

1

Also, you can just set the ViewName:

return View("ViewName");

Full controller example:

public ActionResult SomeAction() {
    if (condition)
    {
        return View("CustomView");
    }else{
        return View();
    }
}

This works on MVC 5.

answered Jun 27, 2018 at 16:38

César León

3,1001 gold badge23 silver badges18 bronze badges

1 Comment

eaglei22 Over a year ago

When a view is created without a backing action method, there isn't a way to access it via url correct? I get a 404 when I try, which is what I want, by I want to make sure I'm not missing something and it's available publicly. I only want it available when I specifically return it as you demonstrate. Thanks!

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Calling another different view from the controller using ASP.NET MVC 4

Final solution:

5 Answers 5

3 Comments

1 Comment

Comments

Comments

1 Comment

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Final solution:

5 Answers 5

3 Comments

1 Comment

Comments

Comments

1 Comment

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related