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Asked: 2026-06-05T19:32:46+00:00

I’m working on a ASP.NET MVC3 web application and I want to create a

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I’m working on a ASP.NET MVC3 web application and I want to create a navigation menu that has a sub menu created dynamically from an object. For example I have a Library object/model that contains a list of Books. I want my Navigation to dynamically populate a link to each of those books and display their titles.

Ex:

Home
Book List
 - Book 1
 - Book 2
 - Book 3
About

I have this working by passing the Library object through ViewData from my Controller. My shared _Layout.cshtml page then reads the ViewData and populates the navigation menu. However the downside to this solution is that every method that returns a view in my controllers has to place the Library object into the ViewData. So I’m wondering if there is a better or simpler way to do this?

I’m sure it can be done with jQuery, but maybe you all have a better idea.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Take a look at Phil Haacked blog Html.RenderAction and Html.Action. His example is actually a menu that you could easily call from a layout.

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