Question

Assume we have an action like:

public ActionResult Display(long Id){

  //Do something

return RedirectToAction(//To the Caller)

}

So Display action called by some Views, like:

Index View : @Html.ActionLink("Show", "Display", new { Id=@Model.Id } )

So I need in Display: return RedirectToAction("Index")

Or

Edit View : @Html.ActionLink("Show", "Display", new { Id=@Model.Id } )

I need in Display: return RedirectToAction("Edit")

and so on.

How can we find which action call Display and in the end of the action returned to the caller action? what is your suggestion?

Answer 1

How about passing one more parameter along with id in the ActionLink method?

@Html.ActionLink("Show", "Display", new { Id=@Model.Id ,from="Edit"} )

and

@Html.ActionLink("Show", "Display", new { Id=@Model.Id ,from="Index"} )

and in your action method, accept that as well

public ActionResult Display(long Id,string from)
{

  //Not 100 % sure what you want to do with the from variable value.
   return RedirectToAction(from);
}