In MVC3, how to get the current action name?

Question

Is there a way to use HttpContext or the View context to get the current action name?

I can get the controller name using

    var routeValues = Http         


        

Answer 1

ViewContext.RouteData.Values["action"]

As far as I know, ViewContext.RouteData.Values will never be null and will always have the keys "controller" and "action". Please correct me if I am wrong.

Answer 2

var routeValues = HttpContext.Current.Request.RequestContext.RouteData.Values;
if (routeValues != null) 
{
    if (routeValues.ContainsKey("action"))
    {
        var actionName = routeValues["action"].ToString();
    }
}