ASP.NET MVC 5 Customise Bootstrap navbar based on User Role

Question

I\'m using the ASP.NET MVC 5 built in authentication methods. I would like to show and hide links (in the menu navbar) based on the role the user is in.

Has anyone ache

Answer 1

Two things I do. Either

User.IsInRole(admin)
{link somewhere}

Or what I personally do is because I use areas I have a viewstart in area admin which links to admin shared viewmodel then in admin shared view that links to the public view.

In the admin shared view. I set up a section. Inside this section I define extra nav details what that specific role will see and add them in a list tag

Then inside public shared view I then use (on phone can't remember exact name something like)
Html.IsSectionDefined

I personally like the second method using areas and sections both would work fine but with the second I find it much cleaner and you can be so much more specific and much simpler