How to set layout from controller

Question

Is there a way to set the layout from the controller?

have tried:

ViewData["Layout"] = "..."
return View("view", Model);

I know it will sound odd with some people....

score 38 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '12 at 07:52

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View method has overload to set its master layout something like this

return View ("NameOfView",masterName:"viewName");

answered Apr 18 '12 at 07:52

Pravin Pawar

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score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 29 '15 at 23:50

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In action method you can use MasterName property in ViewResult class to change layout page.

public ActionResult Index()
        {
            var myView = View();
            myView.MasterName = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout2.cshtml"; 
            return myView;
        }

answered Jul 29 '15 at 23:50

Mustafa ASAN

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Always great to see different flavors. – Valamas Jul 30 '15 at 00:59

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 18 '12 at 07:48

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Using your code, you could put this in your View:

@ {
    Layout = ViewData["Layout"];
}

answered Apr 18 '12 at 07:48

Rob Stevenson-Leggett

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He's already set the ViewData["Layout"] in his code, this is what he needs to add to the view to make it work but I see what you're saying. – Rob Stevenson-Leggett Jul 21 '16 at 08:14
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Works perfectly for me, Dotnet Core MVC doesn't have the property of MasterName on the view so I couldn't set that. I tweaked this code to be slightly more robust. Layout = (ViewData["Layout"] as String) ?? "_Layout"; – Matt Mar 17 '17 at 14:18

score 6 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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Daren Dimitrov has a very nice answer on this one with Attributes:

How do I specify different Layouts in the ASP.NET MVC 3 razor ViewStart file?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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answered Apr 18 '12 at 08:01

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score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 13 '16 at 14:07

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In the controller you can set a masterpage like this. I'm using MVC 5.2

return View("ViewName", "MasterPageName", model)

answered Jul 13 '16 at 14:07

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score -3 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 20 '12 at 13:02

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If you have a _ViewStart.cshtml file in your Views directory, you can automatically set the layout for all views within the same folder (and sub-folders):

@{
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/Layout.cshtml";
}

answered Apr 20 '12 at 13:02

James Simm

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The question was about how to set it from the controller. – Valamas Apr 22 '12 at 22:13
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Fair enough, misread the question :). In that case, you could use Rob's suggestion above. – James Simm Apr 23 '12 at 07:51
@JamesSimm why not delete this answer, thereby simultaneously removing an incorrect answer and making your reputation higher? – RoastBeast Jan 25 '23 at 18:36

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