Html.Partial causing 404 in MVC Views

Question

I had previously asked a question about a 404 error being thrown but thanks to help from folks attempting to help me debug, I now have a more specific question to ask.

I see the following error when I load any view that invokes @Html.Partial:

This localhost page can’t be found

In visual studio, I see return View() being hit.

Sample method from HomeController:

    [Route("")]
    public ActionResult Welcome()
    {
        return View();
    }

I'm using Microsoft.AspNet.MVC version 5.2.7 in case it's relevant.

Image of browser error:

RouteConfig:

public class RouteConfig
{
    public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
    {
        routes.MapMvcAttributeRoutes();
    }
}

My directory:

Welcome.cshtml:

@using Newtonsoft.Json
@{
Layout = null;
}    
<!doctype html>
<html class="no-js" lang="">
<head>
    <title>Test</title>
    @Html.Partial("_HeadPartial")
</head>
<body>
  <p></p>
</body>
</html>

_HeadPartial:

    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

Any kind of partial reference:

 @Html.Partial("_AnalyticsPartial")

Gives me the above 404 error; removing the reference allows rendering to succeed. My partials can be empty and still result in a 404.

Why is @Html.Partial causing this?

Gabriel Luci · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-27 23:59:42Z

1

The 404 is because it can't find your partial view. You just need to include the full path to the partial view, since it's in a different folder than the current view:

@Html.Partial("~/Views/Shared/_HeadPartial")

edited Jan 27, 2019 at 23:59

answered Jan 27, 2019 at 23:39

Gabriel Luci

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