Redirect to controller (but with a different master) using a catchall wildcard

Question

I have a problem whereby I want to display a view differently (a different master page), depending on where it came from, but don\'t know where to start...

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Answer 1

You can change the MasterPage by modifying the ViewResult prior to rendering. For example, a controller action could do:

public ActionResult TestMP(int? id)
{
    ViewData["Title"] = "MasterPage Test Page";
    ViewData["Message"] = "Welcome to ASP.NET MVC!";
    ViewResult result = View("Index");
    if (id.HasValue)
    {
        result.MasterName = "Site2";
    }
    return result;
}

You could accomplish the same thing with an action filter for a more generic solution.