Is it possible that two different views use the same controller? I have very complex controller that displays some data. Now I need to display this data (which is retrieved using ajax) in two partial views because I want to place them on different positions in layout.
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the View() function can be passed arguments, for instance:
return View(); // The view with the same name as the action.
return View("MyView") // The view named "MyView"
There are a few more overloads too. Does this fit the bill?
If not, why not partial views, for instance, given this model:
public class BlogItem
{
public string Title { get; set; }
public int Id { get; set; }
}
And this action:
public ActionResult Index()
{
var items = new List<BlogItem>
{
new BlogItem { Title = "Test Blog Item", Id = 1 }
};
return View(items);
}
And this view:
<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<List<BlogItem>>" %>
<asp:Content ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
<% Html.RenderPartial("List", Model); %>
<% Html.RenderPartial("Icon", Model); %>
</asp:Content>
I can have two partial views using the same model:
List:
<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<List<BlogItem>" %>
<ul>
<% foreach (var item in Model) { %>
<li><%= item.Title %></li>
<% } %>
</ul>
Icon:
<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<List<BlogItem>" %>
<div>
<% foreach (var item in Model) { %>
<div class="icon"><img src="..." /></div>
<div class="text"><%= item.Title %></div>
<% } %>
</div>
Would that work?
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ilija veselica
I can't have return two times at once in controller?
Simon
@ile: No, but you can use conditional logic in each action method and choose your views accordingly. Or use a generic view and pass it some template to be parsed (though that's a bit more advanced).
ilija veselica
What conditional logic? I need controller to pass data to two views at the SAME TIME. That is not possible?
Ahmad
@ile - You may want make your controller action simpler and split it up so that you can serve two views.
ilija veselica
@Ahmad - the problem is that both views depend on identical data. I think I'll have to use jquery to parse reponse data. Thanks anyway
Based on my understanding so far, you want one controller action to return two views. I somehow think that this is not possible.
You have mentioned that the views are used to display identical data is different ways. My suggestion would to return a JsonResult from the controller action and build the view client side.
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Ahmad
oops - based on your comment which I have now read correctly, you may be doing this after all.