Calling another different view from the controller using ASP.NET MVC 4

Question

I have a view (Index.cshtml) with a submit button. When the submit button is clicked, it calls an action (Action01) within the controller (TestController.cs) so at the end o

Answer 1

To return a different view, you can specify the name of the view you want to return and model as follows:

return View("ViewName", yourModel);

if the view is in different folder under Views folder then use below absolute path:

return View("~/Views/FolderName/ViewName.aspx");

Answer 2

You can directly return a different view like:

return View("NameOfView", Model);

Or you can make a partial view and can return like:

return PartialView("PartialViewName", Model);

Answer 3

Also, you can just set the ViewName:

return View("ViewName");

Full controller example:

public ActionResult SomeAction() {
    if (condition)
    {
        return View("CustomView");
    }else{
        return View();
    }
}

This works on MVC 5.

Answer 4

            public ActionResult Index()
            {
                return View();
            }


            public ActionResult Test(string Name)
            {
                return RedirectToAction("Index");
            }

Return View Directly displays your view but

Redirect ToAction Action is performed

Answer 5

You have to specify the name of the custom view and its related model in Controller Action method.

public ActionResult About()
{            
   return View("NameOfViewYouWantToReturn",Model); 
}