MVC PartialView in multiple Views with different models

Question

This may be a silly question and is more of a question about how to do something rather than an actual coding issue.

I want to have a partial view which contains a searc

Answer 1

First of all you need to create partial view under shared folder with name _SearchBox.schtml. It can be something like this:

@model IEnumerable

 @using (Html.BeginForm("MakeSearch", "SearchController", FormMethod.Get))
     {
    
    
}

Then you can call it from any view by calling

 @{Html.RenderPartial("_SearchBox", listOfSupplies);}

Otherwise you can create action in controller if wish to get supplies from DB and you don't have a list of supplies on your parent view.

 [ChildActionOnlyAttribute]
        public ActionResult _SearchBox()
        {           
            var supplies= _service.GetSupplies();  
             PartialView(supplies);            
        }

and call it from view:

 @{ Html.RenderAction("_SearchBox", "Search"); }