I am at my first MVC project. I want to create a page with a header and in this header to be placed a partial view with category list.
This is what I did so far: I created the master page (_Home.cshtml). Than in Shared folder I created a View (Category.cshtml). See my picture.
My Category.cshtml content:
@model IEnumerable<ArtSchool.Models.Category>
<p>
@Html.ActionLink("Create New", "Create")
</p>
<table>
<tr>
<th>
@Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Name)
</th>
<th>
@Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Visible)
</th>
<th></th>
</tr>
@foreach (var item in Model) {
<tr>
<td>
@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Name)
</td>
<td>
@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Visible)
</td>
<td>
@Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id=item.ID }) |
@Html.ActionLink("Details", "Details", new { id=item.ID }) |
@Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { id=item.ID })
</td>
</tr>
}
My master page file:
@{
Layout = null;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<title>_Home</title>
</head>
<body>
<div>
@Html.Partial("ASCX/Header")
@Html.Partial("Category")
@RenderBody()
</div>
When I run the project I got the error:
I know that is a newbie question but it's my first MVC project. Thanks!
2 Answers
Solution 1
If you want to use partial view you need to pass model to this helper this way
@Html.Partial("Category", CategoryModel)
before you pass this model you have to fill it with some data.
Solution 2
also you can use @Html.Action() Method with name of ActionResult method which will return partial view for you.
for example:
@Html.Action("GetCategories", "ControllerName")
public ActionResult GetCategories() {
// fill some data for your model here
return PartialView("Category", model);
}
If you want to interpret those partials as some static sections inside your HTML, then I would suggest you to call Html.Action() which returns your partials:
@Html.Action("GetPageHeader","Home")
@Html.Action("GetPageCategories","Home")
HomeController
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult GetPageHeader()
{
return PartialView(@"~/Views/Shared/_PageHeader.cshtml");
}
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult GetPageCategories()
{
var categories = databaseContext.GetAllCategories(); //Get your categs
return PartialView(@"~/Views/Shared/_Categories.cshtml",categories);
}
