How to change View & partial view default location

Question

i am new in MVC and very curious about to know that how could i change view & partial view location.

we know that view & partial view store in view folder. i

Answer 1

You can modify RazorViewEngine's ViewLocationFormats and PartialViewLocationFormats properties in your Global.asax startup code. Something around the lines below should work:

protected void Application_Start(object obj, EventArgs e)
{
   var engine = ViewEngines.Engines.OfType().Single();
   var newViewLocations = new string[] { 
       "~/SomeOtherFolder/{1}/{0}.cshtml", 
       "~/GlobalFolder/{0}.cshtml"      
   };
   engine.ViewLocationFormats = newViewLocations;
   engine.PartialViewLocationFormats = newViewLocations;
}

IIRC, {1} would correspond to controller and {0} to view name, you can look at existing properties to make sure.

If you want to keep existing search locations you need to copy them into your new array.