I want to display information about the logged in user (username, company name, number of notifications, etc) in the layout and/or partial views. These will be common on every page. Is there a trick for getting this data to them, or is it a case of extending each model to have this information in them?
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2 Answers
I would suggest you can go for a child action and invoke it from the layout, By this way you can avoid carry out the information in all the view models.
Ex.
Child action
public class UserController
{
[ChildActionOnly]
public PartialViewResult UserInfo()
{
var userInfo = .. get the user information from session or db
return PartialView(userInfo);
}
}
Partial View
@model UserInfoModel
@Html.DisplayFor(m => m.UserName)
@Html.DisplayFor(m => m.CompanyName)
...
Layout view
<header>
@Html.Action("UserInfo", "User")
</header>
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Paul Deen
Great - exactly what I was hoping for. Thanks for your answer.
You can still create Master Page in MVC which looks good for your requirement. Check out this link to learn how to create partial views in MVC
