Modifying MVC 3 ViewBag in a partial view does not persist to the _Layout.cshtml

Question

I am using MVC 3 with the Razor view engine. I want to set some values in the ViewBag inside a Partial View and want retrieve those values in my _Layout.cshtml. For exampl

Answer 1

The partial view gets its own ViewBag.

You can get the page's ViewBag from ((WebViewPage) WebPageContext.Current.Page).ViewBag