In MVC, how do I return the previous page View?

Question

I have a post action in my MVC something along the line of:

    public ActionResult FilterData() {
        // Do some work
        // ....
        if (lastView != null) {
            return View(lastView);
        }
        return View("Default");
    }

Where do I find "lastView" so I can return the user to wherever they were at before postback?

Dan · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-07T20:28:03.473

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You could provide the URL as a parameter:

public ActionResult FilterData(string redirectUrl = null)
{
    // Do some work
    // ....
    if (redirectUrl != null) {
        return this.Redirect(redirectUrl);
    }

    return View("Default");
}

edited Apr 07 '13 at 20:28

answered Apr 07 '13 at 20:17

Dan

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how do I get the redirectURL in view? – Bill Software Engineer Apr 07 '13 at 20:21
What exactly are you asking? – Dan Apr 07 '13 at 20:30
This: return this.Redirect(Request.UrlReferrer.ToString()); – Bill Software Engineer Apr 07 '13 at 20:40

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 22 '14 at 16:22

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This would not scale very well, but you could create another/edit the ActionResult to pass in a parameter from the View you just came from:

ActionResult FilterData(previousViewName)
{
    if (lastView !< null)
    {
        return View(previousViewName);  // or RedirectToAction(previous'controller'Name)
    }
    else
    {

    }
}

edited Jul 22 '14 at 16:22

NexAddo

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answered Apr 07 '13 at 20:29

user2254686

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In MVC, how do I return the previous page View?

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