Generating URLs for ASP.NET MVC Area routing with subfolder

Question

I have an ASP.NET MVC app which has areas with special routes as following:

Area registration file:

context.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
    "AccessControlApi_default",
    "accesscontrol/api/{controller}/{id}",
    new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
    );

context.MapRoute(
    "AccessControl_dashboardwidgets",
    "accesscontrol/dashboardwidgets/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    new { action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
    new[] { "AccessControl.Controllers.DashboardWidgets" }
);

context.MapRoute(
    "AccessControl_default",
    "accesscontrol/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    new { action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
    new[] { "AccessControl.Controllers" }
);

First routing is for api, second is for controllers and views in a sub-folder under the area, and third is for the default controllers under area.

Everything is working well with routing, but the issue is with the use of Url.Action like this one:

<a href='@Url.Action("Index","Home",new{area="AccessControl"})'>Go to home</a>

It's always injecting dashboardwidgets keyword in the url between area and controller like this: {host}/accesscontrol/dashboardwidgets/Home/Index

How can I generate urls according to my needs, either to root of area, or to this sub folder under the area??

JTMon · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-04 10:01:04Z

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I think the solution would be to use named routes in constructing your links. You would need to switch the call from

@Url.Action("Index","Home",new{area="AccessControl"})

to

@Url.RouteUrl("AccessControl_dashboardwidgets", new {area = "AccessControl", controller="Home", action="Index"})

or

@Url.RouteUrl("AccessControl_default", new {area = "AccessControl", controller="Home", action="Index"})

Depending on which route you are aiming for.

Sorry about the confusion with the parameters, was editing while doing something else... multitasking on Monday morning is obviously to be avoided:)

edited May 4, 2015 at 10:01

answered May 4, 2015 at 7:55

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AlBaraa Sh Over a year ago

it is generating the full anchor, not only the url?

JTMon Over a year ago

According to MSDN they both generate a fully qualified URL see this link: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/…

AlBaraa Sh Over a year ago

Url.Action will return just the url, while Html.RouteLink will return the full anchor starting from <a href="....

JTMon Over a year ago

Try route RouteUrl instead. Sorry missed the subtle difference :)

JTMon Over a year ago

Left in there on purpose to show that it can be defined in the dictionary as well even though not needed in your case.

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vasilyk · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-19 11:29:31Z

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In order to use @Url.Action extension method you need to specify httproute name for routeValues parameter like that:

@Url.Action("Index","Home", new { httproute ="AccessControlApi_default"} )

answered May 19, 2020 at 11:29

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