Custom View Location in asp.net core 5 RSS

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  roguenidb

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  Custom View Location in asp.net core 5

  Dec 27, 2020 08:41 PM|roguenidb|LINK

  I am using .net 5 for a asp.net web site and I want to have a my themes in and orginized way.

  I want to have 

  Theme\ThemeName\_Layout.cshtml this would be even used for say if the user went to the Home Controller

  But at present no matter what i am doing its looking for it here

  InvalidOperationException: The layout view ' ~/Views/Shared/FrontEnd/_Layout.cshtml' could not be located. The following locations were searched: /Views/Home/ ~/Views/Shared/FrontEnd/_Layout.cshtml

  Is thee a way to have a custom view location by the way I am using razor pages cshtml.

  My startup.cs route data is

              app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
              {
                  endpoints.MapControllerRoute(
                      name: "default",
                      pattern: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
              });

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  YihuiSun

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  Re: Custom View Location in asp.net core 5

  Dec 28, 2020 07:44 AM|YihuiSun|LINK

  Hi roguenidb, 

  roguenidb

  I am using razor pages

  Do you want to specify the Layout view? Razor views have a Layout property. Individual views specify a layout by setting this property.

  If your project is a Razor Pages application, you only need to add this code to the Index page:

  @{
      Layout = "/Pages/Shared/Theme/ThemeName/_Layout.cshtml";
  }

  But according to the Startup.cs code you provided, your project looks like an MVC application,you need to add this code to the Index view:

  @{
      Layout = "/Views/Shared/Theme/ThemeName/_Layout.cshtml";
  }

  

  Best Regards,

  YihuiSun

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