Visual studio 2017 / 2019 add areas missing

Question

While creating a ASP.NET MVC Core Web app using VS2017 / 2019, came across that \'Add Areas\' option is missing from Context menu.

Answer 1

I had a same problem and found that,Visual studio 2017 doesn't support Area

Answer 2

Area is not removed from VS 2017/19 but it is moved in Scaffolding and you can access the area using below steps:

1) Right click on your project and click on Add>New Scaffolded Item

2) After click choose the MVC area from the Menu:

3) After choosing give it Name, and after this the Area will be added to your project:

Hope it will helps.

Answer 3

In my "Visual Studio 2019" I found via right click on project Add -> New Scaffolded Item -> Common -> MVC -> Area is available.

Answer 4

I had missing Area on context menu. However, after building the project (2x) the Area was again visible on context menu.