Question

I added a homecontroller to an application using mvc.

I think it should only work when I type localhost/home

However it works even when I just type localhost

anyone know why?

   public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        //
        // GET: /Home/

        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return Content("Hello world mvc");
           // return View();
        }

    }

Answer 1

It’s down to your routing rules in your Global.ascx.cs file:

routes.MapRoute("Default", "{controller}/{action}/{id}", 
    new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional });

You can change "Home" to a different controller name or remove this line entirely.