how does visual studio determine which is a view vs a partial view? Another question would be; is there a way to convert my views into partial views?
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how does visual studio determine which is a view vs a partial view? Another question would be; is there a way to convert my views into partial views?
In Razor there is no distinction between views and partial views as there is in WebForms (.aspx vs .ascx). In Razor all views are templates. Those templates could have a Layout:
In this case they are views. If there is no layout specified they could be considered as partial views. The Layout is usually defined in the
~/Views/_ViewStart.cshtmlfile.This being said if from your controller action you
return PartialView();instead ofreturn View();this layout will not be applied.I would recommend you reading the following blog post about Razor views and layouts.