Question

I have a layout which it has two partial views, one for LogIn and one for Register.

//Login (In layout)
@Html.Partial("_LoginPartial")
and in the partial
@model LogOnVM

///register (in layout)
@Html.Partial("_RegisterPartial")
and in the partial
@model RegisterVM

As it shown, both of them have different Models.

My problem is that when I am trying to add one more view(with different model) that is derived from this layout I am getting the following error

The model item passed into the
dictionary is of type ‘HomeVM’, but
this dictionary requires a model item
of type ‘LogOnVM’.

How could I render the partials in the layout without having any problem with the other views?

Thanks

Answer 1

Well, I found a solution.

Instead of calling the partials with RenderPartial, I have created two ActionResult methods in Account Controller:

1. One for LogIn (LoginPartial)
2. One for register (RegisterPartial).

Then in layout I call them with RenderAction():

Html.RenderAction("LoginPartial", "Account");
Html.RenderAction("RegisterPartial", "Account");

I don’t know if it is the best approach for performance but it works fine.