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

Just wrote a blog thingy about this

http://www.antix.co.uk/A-Developers-Blog/Targeting-Pages-with-CSS-in-ASP.NET-MVC

  /// 

  /// Get a string from the route data
  /// 
  public static string RouteString(
      this ViewContext context, string template) {

   foreach (var value in context.RouteData.Values) {

    template = template.Replace(string.Format("{{{0}}}",
            value.Key.ToLower()),
            value.Value == null
                ? string.Empty
                : value.Value.ToString().ToLower());
   }

   return template;
  }

usage

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EDIT : Yes this is not going to give you the view name as the first comment states, it gives you the controller and action. But leaving it here as its valuable to know that it doesn't.