How do I set Default Controller for my ASP.NET MVC 4 project without making it HomeController?
How should I setup a default Area when the application starts?
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as would be changing from "/" to "/home as root page? This "/home" must be visible at customer's browser.Andre Mesquita– Andre Mesquita2015-02-25 14:12:03 +00:00Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 14:12
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4 Answers
the best way is to change your route. The default route (defined in your App_Start) sets /Home/Index
routes.MapRoute(
"Default", // Route name
"{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters*
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index",
id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
as the default landing page. You can change that to be any route you wish.
routes.MapRoute(
"Default", // Route name
"{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters*
new { controller = "Sales", action = "ProjectionReport",
id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
5 Comments
Eric Labashosky
In MVC 4 the default route is set in the App_Start/RouteConfig.cs
Dave Alperovich
Very true. I'm currenlty working on projects in both and overlook these things ;)
Good Samaritan
Dave is right, but I would like to add that in MVC 4 the routing is no longer done in Global.asax, but rather in the RouteConfig.cs under App_Start.
superjos
How to make that work when the controller referenced in default route sits in another area (i.e. not the root one)?
Dave Alperovich
you should be able to make the default route go to
"AreaName/{controller}/{action}/{id}"Set below code in RouteConfig.cs in App_Start folder
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Account", action = "Login", id = UrlParameter.Optional });
}
IF still not working then do below steps
Second Way : You simple follow below steps,
1) Right click on your Project
2) Select Properties
3) Select Web option and then Select Specific Page (Controller/View) and then set your login page
Here, Account is my controller and Login is my action method (saved in Account Controller)
Please take a look attached
screenshot.
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Martin Liversage
Your "second way" is about what happens when you debug your web project. It has nothing to do with the "default controller", i.e. what page is shown when you navigate to the landing page of your site.
I didn't see this question answered:
How should I setup a default Area when the application starts?
So, here is how you can set up a default Area:
var route = routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
).DataTokens = new RouteValueDictionary(new { area = "MyArea" });
7 Comments
stuartdotnet
great question, why don't you create it as one?
Gus Crawford
What is an 'Area'? If I define a View, is the referenced layout loaded, and then a separate HTTP request with my view data? (i.e. separate Ajax operation) or is the layout rendered and wrapped around my view?
Amna Ali
@GusCrawford What is an 'Area'? From msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee671793(VS.100).aspx: To accommodate large projects, ASP.NET MVC lets you partition Web applications into smaller units that are referred to as areas. Areas provide a way to separate a large MVC Web application into smaller functional groupings. An area is effectively an MVC structure inside an application. An application could contain several MVC structures (areas).
Amna Ali
As for the other question, I don't think it's related to this answer, and it doesn't seem relevant even to the original question. May be, you should post it somewhere else.
Gus Crawford
Ill ask separately in a new thread reply thanks for the perspective.
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In case you have only one controller and you want to access every action on root you can skip controller name like this
routes.MapRoute(
"Default",
"{action}/{id}",
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index",
id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
