How do you get the current MVC Area name in a .cshtml file in ASP.NET Core

Question

I can get the current controller name and action name in a _Layout.cshtml by doing the following

var controller = ViewContext.RouteData.Values["controller"].ToString();
var action = ViewContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString();

However when I try get the area

var area = ViewContext.RouteData.Values["area"].ToString();

it doesn't work as only 2 keys exist in that object("controller" and "action")

I examined the ViewContext.RouteData object and cannot get a value for the current Area name.

The previous answers for the previous version of ASP.net don't work for me.

Try using RazorViewEngine.GetNormalizedRouteValue(ViewContext, "area"). — Pranav, Feb 25 '16 at 15:04

Shyju · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-28T19:41:35.097

Thanks to Pranav's comment! GetNormalizedRouteValue method is now public. So you can call RazorViewEngine.GetNormalizedRouteValue method in your view to the the area name when you pass the key as "area".

<h2> @RazorViewEngine.GetNormalizedRouteValue(ViewContext, "area") </h2>

RazorViewEngine class belongs to Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor namespace. So make sure you have a using statement to import that in your view.

@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor

GetNormalizedRouteValue method is doing the same as explained in the previous version of answer. You can see the source code here

This totally worked for me in a razor view (MVC6).

@using Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
@{        
    var myAreaName = string.Empty;
    object areaObj;
    if (ViewContext.RouteData.Values.TryGetValue("area", out areaObj))
    {
        myAreaName = areaObj.ToString();
    }
}

<h1>@myAreaName</h1>

How do you get the current MVC Area name in a .cshtml file in ASP.NET Core

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