Asp.Net MVC: How to determine if you're currently on a specific view

Question

I need to determine if I\'m on a particular view. My use case is that I\'d like to decorate navigation elements with an \"on\" class for the current view. Is there a built in

Answer 1

Here is something a little different, use a FilterAttribute:

    [NavigationLocationFilter("Products")]
    public ViewResult List()
    {
        return View();
    }

...

public class NavigationLocationFilterAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
{
    public string CurrentLocation { get; set; }

    public NavigationLocationFilterAttribute(string currentLocation)
    {
        CurrentLocation = currentLocation;
    }

    public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext)
    {
        var controller = (Controller)filterContext.Controller;
        controller.ViewData.Add("NavigationLocation", CurrentLocation);
    }
}

...

And in the view:

<%= ViewData["NavigationLocation"] %>