Question

I have a MVC3 partial view that is called with a model.

@model SomeModel

The model have an Id parameter.

In the view I call @Html.Action("SomeMethod", "SomeController")

Is there any way to access the Id parameter in the SomeMethod ActionResult without passing it explicitly like this:

@Html.Action("SomeMethod", "SomeController", new {"Id" = Model.Id})

The problem is that I can not change the source code of the partial view. And I need the Id value. The Id is not used in the partial view so I can not access it via JavaScript.
Is the model passed to the HttpContext and is there any way to pass it?

EDIT: The thing is that I am developing a plugin for nopCommerce, like the ones that are offered by nop-templates. nopCommerce is an open source software and I can change the code, but the plugin will be shipped separately, so it is not recommended to make changes in nopCommerce views and the view that I am referring to is such.

Answer 1

When you can’t change the sourcecode of the partial view, there is no way of getting to the id value in your controller. Its completely decoupled as thats one major point of the MVC pattern.
You have to explicitely pass it as a parameter to your action.
A dirty workaround might be to store that id somewhere in the Session.