Question

By default, the @RenderBody in _Layout.cshtml in an MVC3 app points to ~/Views/Home/Index.

  @RenderBody()

Where is this set and how do I change it to point to ~/Views/Account/Logon? Or wherever I want. Thanks

Answer 1

It doesn’t point to that view, it merely renders the view that it is given

Your app starts up and goes to the default action on the routing which can be found in Global.asax

You can modify that to default to /Account/LogOn if you wish

public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication {

    public static void RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters) {
        filters.Add(new HandleErrorAttribute());
    }

    public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) {
        routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
        //routes.IgnoreRoute("{*favicon}", new { favicon = @"(.*/)?favicon.ico(/.*)?" });

        routes.MapRoute(
            "Default", // Route name
            "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
            new { controller = "Account", action = "LogOn", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
        );
    }

    protected void Application_Start() {
        AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();

        RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
        RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
    }
}