Get Current Area Name in View or Controller

Question

How do you get the current area name in the view or controller?

Is there anything like ViewContext.RouteData.Values[\"controller\"] for areas?

Answer 1

I dont know why but accepted answer is not working. It returns null with e.g ( maybe about mvc, i use .net core )

http://localhost:5000/Admin/CustomerGroup

I always debug the variable and fetch data from in it.

Try this. It works for me

var area = ViewContext.RouteData.Values["area"]

Detailed logical example

Layout = ViewContext.RouteData.Values["area"] == null ? "_LayoutUser" : "_LayoutAdmin";

Answer 2

I know this is a very very old post but we can use the Values Property exactly the same way as the DataTokens

Url.RequestContext.RouteData.Values["action"] worked for me.

Answer 3

Get area name in View (.NET Core 2.2):

ViewContext?.ActionDescriptor?.RouteValues["area"]

Answer 4

To get area name in the view, in ASP.NET Core MVC 2.1:

@Context.GetRouteData().Values["area"]

Answer 5

In ASP.NET Core 1.0 the value is found in

ViewContext.RouteData.Values["area"];

Answer 6

MVC Futures has an AreaHelpers.GetAreaName() method. However, use caution if you're using this method. Using the current area to make runtime decisions about your application could lead to difficult-to-debug or insecure code.