Question

I have got a masterpage which uses a model @model.topics, I created a partial view which uses a model @model.ContactUsModel, And i am rendering that view in my master page , but it comes up with the error:
The model item passed into the dictionary is of type ‘Nop.Web.Models.Common.topics’, but this dictionary requires a model item of type ‘Nop.Web.Models.ContactUsModel’.

I am calling the partial view using :

 @Html.Partial("Contact")

Any suggestions or advice what i am doing wrong here

Answer 1

Try using

@Html.Action("Contact")

The action has to return a PartialView for this to work. You can then render it with the right model

public ActionResult Contact()
{
   blabla, some code
   return PartialView(myContactUsModelObject);
}

@Html.Partial() renders the partial view.
It doesn’t invoke the action in the controller.
You can still give a model with this method like this: @Html.Partial("Contact",someObject)
If you don’t give a model with it, the page model will be given by default
and that is what happend with your code

@Html.Action() invokes the action in the controller.
And then it is up to the action to give a result of any kind.

I hope this helps