partial view was not found or no view engine supports the searched locations

Question

I have following controller code:

public MyController:Controller
{
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return View();
    }

    [ChildActionOnly]
         


        

Answer 1

You need to add the .cshtml extension to the view name:

return PartialView("~/Views/Shared/MyCustomFolder/_MyPartialView.cshtml",PartialViewModel);

Answer 2

If the answers are still not working for you and you have put your partial in a nested folder inside of partials, ensure that you provide the full path to the partial with the extension.

@Html.Partial("~/Views/Partials/Components/_AdvancedComponentRenderer.cshtml", Model.Content);

Answer 3

I got this error message because the partial view was added to the project file (.csproj) but was not actually present on disk.

Answer 4

Also double check for spaces after your filename, before the ".cshtml". I had inserted one blank space accidentally after my filename, and this disrupted the automatic behavior of PartialView() for me.

Answer 5

Just in case the selected answer is not working for you:

I changed the build action of the cshtml file to Content and it fixed it.

Answer 6

Hope, this code helps you (In ".cshtml" file)

@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewEngines
@inject ICompositeViewEngine Engine

....
string path = "../Themes/User/_head";

@if (Engine.FindView(ViewContext, path, isMainPage: false).Success)
{
    <partial name="@path" for="@Model" />
}
else
{
    <partial name="../Themes/Admin/_head" />
}

Thanks