Asp.Net Mvc - How to have a “controller” in shared view

Question

I have a shared view in my _Layout.cshtml for my header named \"_Header.cshtml\".

I would like to display text and image from the database, so I need my controller t

Answer 1

... 1 year later would just like to add one thing to Dimitrov answer. You can make the controller a little cleaner:

public class MenuController : Controller
{
    [ChildActionOnly]
    public ActionResult Header()
    {
        var model = ... // go to the database and fetch a model
        return Partial("_Header", model);
    }
}