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I have an area in my ASP.NET MVC application that needs to make use of partial views stored in the main application.

The code in question is being migrated from the main application into an area for organization, so I need to update the helper tags for the partial views.

Currently my tags look like this:

@await Html.PartialAsync("../Shared/Partials/_details.cshtml")

Of course, this fails in an area, since this helper only begins searching at the Areas/MyArea/ folder. I've tried adding additional ../ to the beginning of the address, but that doesn't change anything. How can I reconnect my partial views to this area?

marc_s
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    Have you tried "~/Shared/Partials/_details.cshtml"? – Jasen Jun 13 '22 at 19:35
  • @Jasen That did it, though I had to start from the bottom: "~/Views/Shared/Partials/_details.cshtml. Pls post it as an answer so I can give you credit. – bmurrell30 Jun 13 '22 at 19:42

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You need to reference the app root.

The following example references a partial view from the app root. Paths that start with a tilde-slash (~/) or a slash (/) refer to the app root:

Partial Tag Helper:

<partial name="~/Pages/Folder/_PartialName.cshtml" />
<partial name="/Pages/Folder/_PartialName.cshtml" />

Asynchronous HTML Helper:

@await Html.PartialAsync("~/Pages/Folder/_PartialName.cshtml")
@await Html.PartialAsync("/Pages/Folder/_PartialName.cshtml")

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/views/partial?view=aspnetcore-6.0

See also: significance of tilde sign

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