Calling a controller and its view from _Layout

Question

I'm creatig an MVC project from scratch and I can't call a controller and its view from _Layout.

I created View XMenu in folder Views/XMenu/
It has its own controller XMenuController in folder Controllers/

In _Layout, I call controller using Html.RenderAction. I also tried Html.Action but with no success.

<div>
      @{ @Html.RenderAction("MenuAction", "XMenu") };           
</div>

Controller XMenu

 public class XMenuController : Controller
    {
        //
        // GET: /XMenu/

        public ActionResult Index()
        {

            return View();
        }

        [ChildActionOnly]
        public ActionResult MenuAction()
        {        
        return PartialView();

        }

    }

View XMenu:

My Menu

I haven't put any parameters yet, just trying to call a controller and its view from _Layout, but get error:

Compiler Error Message: CS1502: The best overloaded method match for 'System.Web.WebPages.WebPageExecutingBase.Write(System.Web.WebPages.HelperResult)' has some invalid arguments

Is it possible to call a controller and its view from _Layout?
How should I call it?

EDIT:

I tried @Html.Action("MenuAction", "XMenu") };

I tried renaming view to MenuAction.cshtml.

I tried @{ Html.RenderAction("MenuAction", "XMenu"); };

I renamed my Controller and my View.

Why are you not trying @Html.Partial()? It loads view with appropriate action. — Mehul Patel
– Mehul Patel, Commented Apr 18, 2016 at 15:49
Yes, I tried @Html.Partial(), but it loads only partial view, without its controller. And later I will need its controller's methods for passing parameters. — Delmonte
– Delmonte, Commented Apr 18, 2016 at 15:55
maby @{ Html.RenderAction("MenuAction", "XMenu") };? I mean @ char problem? — teo van kot
– teo van kot, Commented Apr 18, 2016 at 15:58
Rename your partial view as MenuAction.cshtml and try. Or @Html.Action("MenuAction", "XMenu") }; — Mehul Patel
– Mehul Patel, Commented Apr 18, 2016 at 15:59
Have you tried @{ Html.RenderAction("MenuAction", "XMenu") }, without the second @ and semicolon? — Triet Doan
– Triet Doan, Commented Apr 18, 2016 at 16:11

teo van kot · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-18 16:01:35Z

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I tried to compile it. And belive your problem is with your method signature. It should be:

@{ Html.RenderAction("MenuAction", "XMenu"); };

answered Apr 18, 2016 at 16:01

teo van kot

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teo van kot Over a year ago

@Delmonte you do something wrong, i create new project and all works fine after my change

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