@model for _layout.cshtml on MVC4?

Question

I was wondering if there\'s a way to specify a model for the _layout.cshtml file, i\'ve seen lots of posts with the basic same question with people replying with \"alternati

Answer 1

You can add BaseModel to _Layout.

@model BaseModel

Then all models inherit from that BaseModel class.

public class MyModel : BaseModel
{
}

As others stated, it is not a good practice. If your model forgets to inherit from BaseModel, it'll throws exception at run time. However, it is up to you.