Partial Views in asp.net mvc are just like web user controls in asp.net web form. There are two types of views we have at any web page.
1. Static Views:Views whose layout not changed i.e header, footer, navigation bar etc.
2. Dynamic Views: Views whose contents can changed accordingly , just like shopping cart where number of product can be changed.
Way to create static Views: ASP.NET MVC provides two inbuilt html helper method to create partial views.
1. @Html.RenderPartial : Provide simple Html Markup which we have given in our partial view.
2.@Html.Partial : This helper method return MvcHtmlString , who can be modified.
Now let’s see that how we can create static view using @Html.RenderPartial Html Helper method .
Step 1: Go to File > New > Project > ASP.NET Web Application (under web) > Entry Application Name > Click OK > Select Empty template > Checked MVC (under “Add folders and core references for” option) > OK
Step 2: Right click on shared folder–>add view ->select partial view checkbox and write following html markup
Step 3: I want to add this partial view in layout.cshtml so that I removed predefined html header portion and please place following code in place of old code.
@{
//Html.RenderPartial("_header");
}
Ouput
Now let’s see that how we can create static view using @Html.Partial Html Helper method
Step1. Follow Step1 and Step 2 and write following code into Layout.cshtml (Remove Old written Code)
OutPut
@{
var headerdata = Html.Partial("_header");
headerdata = new MvcHtmlString(headerdata + "
“); } @headerdata