9 responses to “ASP.NET MVC 3: How to get the current controller and action in a Razor view”

1. Good post. How do you get the current area name? Nick

2. […] I found that here. […]

3. You should look up these values in the controller and pass them to the view.

   Current controller

   var rd = ControllerContext.RouteData;
   var currentAction = rd.GetRequiredString(“action”);
   var currentController = rd.GetRequiredString(“controller”);

   Partial view controller

   var rd = ControllerContext.ParentActionViewContext.RouteData;
   var currentAction = rd.GetRequiredString(“action”);
   var currentController = rd.GetRequiredString(“controller”);

4. thx

5. Cntrl= ViewContext.RouteData.Values[“controller”].ToString();
   Action = ViewContext.RouteData.Values[“action”].ToString();

6. The title of this is incorrect, it does not get the current controller and action, it gets their names.

7. Well, whether this misnamed or not, it certainly helped me – thank you.

8. Helpful! Thanks!

9. Nice post, It was really helpful.
   Thanks