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Big Daddy
Big Daddy

Reputation: 5224

MVC - Nested Partial Views

I am getting an error ("Server Error in '/' Application") when I nest partial views in my MVC app. The views work fine individually, but not when nested. It's my understanding that it's okay to do this, so what am I doing wrong?

Essentially, I am trying to use partials as sub-layouts within my _Layout.cshtml.

Here's my main layout - _Layout.cshtml

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>...</head>
<body style="padding-top: 80px;">  
    <div class="container-fluid">
        <div class="row">
            <div id="myTab" class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12">
                ...
                <div class="tab-content">
                    <div class="tab-pane fade" id="search">
                       @Html.Partial("~/Areas/Search/Views/Shared/_SearchLayout.cshtml")
                    </div>                   
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    @RenderBody()
    @RenderSection("scripts", required: false)
</body>
</html>

This is the first partial view (_SearchLayout). If I remove the partials AND @RenderBody, no error.

<div class="container-fluid">
        @Html.Partial("_PolicySearch")
        @Html.Partial("_ClaimSearch")       
    </div>
@RenderBody()

This partial view is nested in the first partial view (_SearchLayout):

 <div class="row top-buffer search-outline form-horizontal">
        <div class="col-md-1 search-icon-size text-primary">
            <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-heart"></i>
        </div>
        <div class="col-md-1 search-icon-size text-primary">
            <h4>Claim Search</h4>
        </div>    
    </div>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 9293

Answers (3)

Alexander Dayan
Alexander Dayan

Reputation: 2924

In your first partial view:

  1. Remove RenderBody
  2. Replace Html.Partial to Html.RenderPartial

I also would recommend to rename your partial view to something not containing the word "Layout" to avoid the mismatch between the view types.

Upvotes: 2

Chris Pratt
Chris Pratt

Reputation: 239260

The problem is @RenderBody(). This can only be called in a layout, which when used in this way _SearchLayout.cshtml is not, despite its name.

The important thing to remember about layouts, partials and views in ASP.NET MVC is that they're all views. The only thing that differentiates them is how they're used. In this instance, you're using the _SearchLayout.cshtml view as a partial, and partials can't use @RenderBody().

Upvotes: 1

Dario Griffo
Dario Griffo

Reputation: 4274

Use Html.RenderPartial instead

Upvotes: 1

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