Injecting content into specific sections from a partial view ASP.NET MVC 3 with Razor View Engine

Question

I have this section defined in my _Layout.cshtml

@RenderSection(\"Scripts\", false)

I can easily use it from a view:

Answer 1

I ran into a nearly identical problem the other day, except that the partial view was a response to an AJAX request. In my situation, the partial was actually a full page, but I wanted it to be accessible as a partial from other pages.

If you want to render sections in a partial, the cleanest solution is to create a new layout and use a ViewBag variable. This does not work with @Html.Partial() or the new , use AJAX.

Main view (that you want to be rendered as a partial elsewhere):

@if(ViewBag.Partial == true) {
    Layout = "_layoutPartial";
}


    [...]
    

@section Scripts {
    
}

Controller:

public IActionResult GetPartial() {

    ViewBag.Partial = true;

    //Do not return PartialView!
    return View("/path/to/view")
}

_layoutPartial.cshtml (new):

@RenderSection("Scripts")
@RenderBody()

Then use AJAX in your page.

If you want to render the page in the main layout (not a partial), then don't set ViewBag.Partial = true. No HTML helpers necessary.