Part 17 - What is Partial View in Asp.net MVC

What is Partial View?

The partial view is the reusable view .It can reduce duplication of view content and allow view elements to be reused.Partial views also have the .cshtml extension

How to call a partial view

@Html.Partial(“PartialViewName”, new { id = 1} );

@{ Html.RenderPartial(“PartialViewName”, viewModel);}

@{ Html.RenderAction(“Method", "Controller”, customViewData);}

Example

#Partial View - (Partial1.cshtml)

<div>
    <h3>I am in Partial 1</h3>
</div>

#Controller code - TestController

using MVCTutorial.Models;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace MVCTutorial.Controllers
{
    public class TestController : Controller
    {

        public ActionResult Index()
        {         

            return View();
        }


        public ActionResult ShowPartial()
        {        

            return PartialView("Partial1");
        }
       
    }
}

# View Page- (Index.cshtml)

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
    Layout = null;
}

<div class="container" style="width:40%;margin-top:2%">
    @Html.Partial("Partial1", new { id = 1} );
    @{ Html.RenderPartial("Partial1");}
    @{ Html.RenderAction("ShowPartial");}
</div>

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