MVC3 HTML ActionLink not working

Question

I have a DashBoardController.cs here i have this code

public class DashBoardController : Controller
    {
        //
        // GET: /DashBoard/

        [Authorize]
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }

        //
        // GET: /New Project/

        [Authorize]
        public ActionResult NewProject()
        {
            return View();
        }

        //
        // GET: /File Upload/

        public ActionResult UploadFile()
        {
            return View();
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult UploadFile(HttpPostedFileBase file)
        {
            // Verify that the user selected a file
            if (file != null && file.ContentLength > 0)
            {
                // extract only the fielname
                var fileName = Path.GetFileName(file.FileName);
                // store the file inside ~/App_Data/uploads folder
                var path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/Uploads"), fileName);
                file.SaveAs(path);
            }
            // redirect back to the index action to show the form once again
            return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
        }

    }

I have another masterlayout file here i have this code

<div id="LeftColumn" class="ui_style_floatLeft">
            <div id="menuWrapper">
                <ul class="menu">
                    <li class="menuDashBoard">@Html.ActionLink("Dashboard","Index")</li>
                    <li class="menuProject"><a href="#">Project</a>
                        <ul>
                            <li>@Html.ActionLink("New Project","NewProject")</li>
                            <li><a href="#">Projects</a></li>
                        </ul>
                    </li>                   
                    <li class="menuAccount"><a href="#">Account</a>
                        <ul>
                            <li>@Html.ActionLink("Change Password", "ChangePassword", "Account")</li>
                        </ul>
                    </li>                  
                </ul>               
             </div>
        </div>

But If i goto Change Password action link then other link (New Project, Dashboard) not working. i try @Url.Action into a herf attr but not working :(

what should i do now ?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 10 '12 at 20:19

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You need to include the controller name in your action link:

@Html.ActionLink("Dashboard","Index","DashBoard")

If you leave out the controllerName, then the links will be constructed with the current controller. Since you navigated to the AccountController, the link that was supposed to point to the DashboardController broke.

In shared areas (like navigation), you'll usually want to include the controller reference.

answered Jul 10 '12 at 20:19

Michael Haren

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Yes man but it only work for this `@Html.ActionLink("New Project","NewProject","Project")` but `@Html.ActionLink("Dashboard","Index","DashBoard")` not working :( – zxprince Jul 10 '12 at 20:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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LinkText: "Dashboard"
ActionName: "index"
ControllerName: "dashboard"

@Html.ActionLink("Dashboard", "index", "dashboard")

If you are using areas to group controllers into different areas you would need.

@Html.ActionLink("Dashboard", "index", "dashboard", new { area = "YourAreaName"})

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

Community

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answered Jul 10 '12 at 20:59

jrob

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I am new in MVC3. What `Area` actually did ? Can you give me a link where i can know about `Area` ? – zxprince Jul 10 '12 at 23:18

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 10 '12 at 20:20

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Use this overload

@Html.ActionLink("New Project","NewProject","DashBoard")

this is the format

public static MvcHtmlString ActionLink(
    this HtmlHelper htmlHelper,
    string linkText,
    string actionName,
    string controllerName
)

answered Jul 10 '12 at 20:20

Shyju

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Thank you my friend, but it work for only NewProject link but not for DashBoard Index :( – zxprince Jul 10 '12 at 20:34
Did you use the same overload for the link for Index action ? – Shyju Jul 10 '12 at 20:37

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 20 '13 at 06:26

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Take a look closely, I think you did not put the controller for the "NewProject" and "Index" methods

try replacing

@Html.ActionLink("New Project","NewProject")

for

@Html.ActionLink("New Project","NewProject", "DashBoard")

and

@Html.ActionLink("Dashboard","Index")

for

@Html.ActionLink("Dashboard","Index", "DashBoard")

edited Jan 20 '13 at 06:26

Suraj Shrestha

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answered Jul 10 '12 at 20:21

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MVC3 HTML ActionLink not working

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