How can I highlight current page in MVC 3 using RenderAction inside another view

Question

none of the above solutions work in a RenderAction.

Andrey Shchekin · Answer 1 · 2012-08-02T12:12:33.930

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You can try ParentActionViewContext.

edited Aug 02 '12 at 12:12

answered Aug 02 '12 at 02:53

Andrey Shchekin

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ViewContext.RouteData.Values["action"] gives me the name of the PartialView in this case MemberHeader. Not the Action that I am calling, like "Memberships" and so on – n3tx Aug 02 '12 at 09:01
I have tried the above solutions directly in the View(), not through RenderAction and that is working. – n3tx Aug 02 '12 at 09:03
Sorry, I was a bit confusing, not model, but route values. – Andrey Shchekin Aug 02 '12 at 12:07
Ok, stopped being lazy, looked around, and changed the answer accordingly. – Andrey Shchekin Aug 02 '12 at 12:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 02 '12 at 04:56

What is it that's not working? Do you not get a "selected" class in the Html ? Or is it your css that's the problem?? The links you have provided all seems like working examples.

I've never tried this, but you should be able to get the current "page" like this:

String controller = String.Empty;
if (ViewContext.RouteData.Values.ContainsKey("controller")) {
    controller = (String)ViewContext.RouteData.Values["controller"];
}
String action = String.Empty;
if (ViewContext.RouteData.Values.ContainsKey("action")) {
    action = (String)ViewContext.RouteData.Values["action"];
}
String area = String.Empty;
if (ViewContext.RouteData.DataTokens.ContainsKey("area")) {
    area = (String)ViewContext.RouteData.DataTokens["area"];
}

Then it should be a matter of casing and comparing these information with the links you create.

How can I highlight current page in MVC 3 using RenderAction inside another view

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