Alternative to ViewBag.Title in ASP.NET MVC 3

Question

By default the new project template for ASP.NET MVC 3 adds the following to the default layout (masterpage in razor):

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Answer 1

I like to create a PageTitle ActionFilter attributes rather than editing individual ViewBags

Usage: keep the view the same

For controller-wide page title:

[PageTitle("Manage Users")]
public class UsersController : Controller {
    //actions here
}

For individual views:

public class UsersController : Controller {
    [PageTitle("Edit Users")]
    public ActionResult Edit(int id) {
          //method here
    }
}

Attribute Code:

public class PageTitleAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
{
    private readonly string _pageTitle;
    public PageTitleAttribute(string pageTitle)
    {
        _pageTitle = pageTitle;
    }

    public override void OnActionExecuted(ActionExecutedContext filterContext)
    {
        base.OnActionExecuted(filterContext);
        var result = filterContext.Result as ViewResult;
        if (result != null)
        {
            result.ViewBag.Title = _pageTitle;
        }
    }
}

Easy to manage and works like a charm.