Is it possible to define special folder for shared views in ASP.NET Core?

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Currently the root of my Pages folder I have 5 files:

_ViewStart.cshtml
_ViewImport.cshtml
_Layout.cshtml
_LayoutInner.cshtml
Index.cshtml - finally I page I actually use

That looks a little bit messy, especially with potential of having more _Layout files. So, is it possible to move "special" files (with underscore prefix) to "special" folder, like it was case in ASP.NET MVC with Shared?

Or I am required to keep carrying these files in root of my Razor views folder?

Kei · Accepted Answer · 2022-12-24 20:06:18Z

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ViewStart and ViewImport have special meanings in hierarchical folder structures, so they definitely need to stay in root. They can be overridden with files having the same name in subfolders.

As for Layout files, they don't need to be there so I moved them to Shared subfolder and updated the Layout property in ViewStart.

edited Dec 24, 2022 at 20:06

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