_ViewStart.cshtml and conditional Layout pages RSS

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  paully_21

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  _ViewStart.cshtml and conditional Layout pages

  Nov 30, 2010 02:22 PM|LINK

  Forgive me but I'm totally new to MVC.

  I would like to use the _ViewStart page to set the master page (layout) used by the views.  I have only two different layouts.  One for the homepage and one for the other pages (but that may change)

  I was hoping to add a dynamic property to the ViewModel object in the home page's controller method and then check for it.  Something like this

   

  _ViewStart =

  @{
      if (ViewModel.IsHomePage == true)
      {
         Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_HomeLayout.cshtml";
      }
      else
      {
          Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_MainLayout.cshtml";
      }
  }

  And in the HomeController Index() add this

   ViewModel.IsHomePage = true;

   

  I know this is wrong, but it's the functionality I am looking for.  Any help here is appreciated.

   

  Paul

   

   

   

   

   

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  Re: _ViewStart.cshtml and conditional Layout pages

  Nov 30, 2010 03:20 PM|LINK

  @{
      if (ViewContext.Controller.ViewModel.IsHomePage == true)
      {
         Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
      }
      else
      {
          Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_MainLayout.cshtml";  
      }
  }

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  paully_21

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  Re: _ViewStart.cshtml and conditional Layout pages

  Nov 30, 2010 05:30 PM|LINK

  Perfect...Thanks!