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

I this is what page data is designed for. Pop this into your view.

@Page.somePropertyName = "Whatever you want";

And then access it in your layout view. Be sure to check that its not null first.

@{
    if(Page.somePropertyName != null)
    {
       //Do stuff
    }
}