Question

I have an ASP.NET MVC 4 app. For some reason, routing always throws me off. Currently, my RouteConfig.cs file has three routes:

routes.MapRoute(
  "AddProductStep1",
  "{controller}/products/add",
  new { controller = "Core", action = "AddProduct" }
);

routes.MapRoute(
  "Products",
  "{controller}/products",
  new { controller = "Core", action = "Products" }
);

routes.MapRoute(
  "Home",
  "{controller}/dashboard",
  new { controller = "Core", action = "Dashboard" }
);

If I visit /core/products, I see the view associated with my products. If I visit /core/products/add, I still see the same view. I set a break point in my Controller and noticed that the Products action was getting called in both cases. That’s why I believe this is a route configuration issue. Unfortunately, I don’t understand what I’ve configured incorrectly. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thank you!

Answer 1

The first route you have defined should probably be this instead

routes.MapRoute(
  "AddProductStep1",
  "{controller}/addProduct",
  new { controller = "Core", action = "AddProduct" }
);

The url in mvc is controller/action/param/param/etc
Your first route is looking for Core/Products/some parameter named add