Retrieve the current view name in ASP.NET MVC?

Question

I have a partial view (control) that\'s used across several view pages, and I need to pass the name of the current view back to the controller - so if there\'s e.g. validati

Answer 1

I had the same issue recently and the snippet of code I came up with solved my issue.

The only downfall is that Request.UrlReferrer could be null in some cases. Bit late but seemed to work for me and I covered all the bases of Request.UrlReferrer not being null.

 if (Request.UrlReferrer != null)
 {
      var viewUrl = Request.UrlReferrer.ToString();
      var actionResultName = viewUrl.Substring(viewUrl.LastIndexOf('/'));
      var viewNameWithoutExtension = actionResultName.TrimStart('/');
 }