Track the current active page, or how to get controller and action names in a view

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I am new in ASP.NET Core. I have a navigation menu and I would like to track the active item. My idea is to use the action and controller names as navigation keys:

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the problem is I don't know how to obtain the action and controller name in the _Layout.cshtml view...

I have tried the ViewContext.ActionDescriptor.DisplayName but it renders something like this MyApp.Controllers.RecordsController.Index (MyApp)

I'd rather prefer to obtain something like this: 

<script>$("li#@(Controller.Name)-@(Action.Name)")).addClass("active");</script>
asp.net-core razor
4 Answers

I would like to add something small that has perhaps been overlooked... Just add some embedded code in the layouts page at the top, before the HTML begins...

@{
    var controller = ViewContext.RouteData.Values["Controller"];
    var action = ViewContext.RouteData.Values["Action"];
}

The code is pretty self-explanatory... Then call the variables' values from anywhere within your code just as they are, like the way I did as shown below:

<div class="navbar-wrapper">
<h3>@controller | @action</h3>
</div>

I found this method to be much simpler and hassle-free than aforementioned methods. Cheerio ;)

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