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

As others have pointed out Layout, Views and Partials get their own ViewBag. However, I was able to get it to work with the following: In the View or Partial.

@{ Html.ViewContext.ViewBag.Title = "Reusable Global Variable"; }

Then in _Layout

@Html.ViewContext.ViewBag.Title

By explicitly using the ViewContext, the views 're-use' the same ViewBag.