Why can't _ViewStart.cshtml access the ViewBag object?

Question

I have the default _ViewStart.cshtml in my /Views folder. I\'d like to be able to access my ViewBag object so I can set the default title for all my views.

However,

Answer 1

You can achieve this using Partial views. Put all your Title related common code in a Partial View called Title.cshtml in the shared folder. In the _viewstart simply call the Partial view.

_ViewStart.cshtml:

@{
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}
@Html.Partial("Title")

~/Shared/Title.cshtml:

@{
 ViewBag.Title = "bytecourse - Online Courses in Technology"; 
}