Question

I’m using a shared layout file, set up in _ViewStart.cshtml, for most of my site. Something along the lines of:

@{
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}

There is little to no information shared between most of my site, and the error reporting pages. How do I distinguish between the two situations?

I would like the shared layout to be loaded for all pages, except any error reporting ones.

Answer 1

you can change the layout on a per page/view basis

@{
  var model = ViewContext.Controller.ViewData.Model;
  if (model is System.Web.Mvc.HandleErrorInfo) {
    Layout = "";
  } else {
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml"; 
  }
}

This is from my Post.vbhtml page – i just need to change the Layout page to use a different layout.