Get Controller's Action name in View

c# asp.net-mvc asp.net-mvc-3 razor action
Darbio picture Darbio · Sep 25, 2011 · Viewed 30.9k times · Source

What is the correct way to get the name of the Action returning the View in MVC3?

I am using ViewContext.Controller.ValueProvider.GetValue("action").RawValue to return the name of the Action (Method), which is creating the View in MVC3. I return this in a Partial View, which is included in the View returned by the Action.

It works fine for Index, but, when I try to use it for another method name, it always evaluates to false.

In the immediate window I get the following results:

ViewContext.Controller.ValueProvider.GetValue("action").RawValue
"Edit"

ViewContext.Controller.ValueProvider.GetValue("action").RawValue == "Edit"
false

Which is highly confusing, because the first statement evaluates to a string with value "Edit", while comparing this to a string "Edit" returns false?

Bizarre...

Answer

SLaks picture SLaks · Sep 25, 2011

RawValue is an object, so RawValue == "..." calls Object.op_Equality, which comparse by reference rather than by value.

Call ViewContext.RouteData.GetRequiredString("action")

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