ASP.NET MVC: How do I output the Controller and View that is currently being rendered?

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I have a complicated set of routes and I need to edit a specific web page. Given a URL, how do I determine which controller and view created that page?

I'm open to using ASP.NET MVC to write the information directly to the page where textcolor== background color, or anything else you may recommend.

I'd like a solution that I can use in production (where the MVC route debugger is disabled)

Where do you want to use this data? If you want to display it in your view, then you already know which View that "created that page". — Dismissile, Jan 30 '12 at 15:15

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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You can access the controller and action directly through the ViewContext.

// ASP.Net MVC 3
ViewContext.Controller.ValueProvider.GetValue("controller").RawValue
ViewContext.Controller.ValueProvider.GetValue("action").RawValue

// ASP.Net MVC 2 and below:
ViewContext.Controller.ValueProvider["controller"].RawValue
ViewContext.Controller.ValueProvider["action"].RawValue

To get the view, have a look at this answer to a similar question by Phil Haack.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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answered Jan 30 '12 at 15:14

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Alternately: ViewContext.RouteData.Values["controller"] and ViewContext.RouteData.Values["action"] – Dismissile Jan 30 '12 at 15:16
OP asked to know the Controller and View that created the page...I'm not sure if this is a typo and he wanted Controller and Action or if he needs to know the View as well. – Dismissile Jan 30 '12 at 15:19
@Dismissile yes, you're right. I didn't realize OP needed the view as well. Updated my post accordingly. – Dennis Traub Jan 30 '12 at 15:23

ASP.NET MVC: How do I output the Controller and View that is currently being rendered?

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