Pass viewbag to partial view from action controller

Question

I have a mvc view with a partial view.There is a ActionResult method in the controller which will return a PartialView. So, I need to pass ViewBag data from that ActionResult method to Partial View.

This is my Controller

public class PropertyController : BaseController
{
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return View();
    }
    public ActionResult Step1()
    {
        ViewBag.Hello = "Hello";
        return PartialView();
    }
}

In Index.cshtml View

@Html.Partial("Step1")

Step1.cshtml partial view

@ViewBag.Hello

But this is not working. So, what is the correct way to get data from viewbag. I think I'm following wrong method. Please guide me.

"Partial view contains ActionResult method in the controller" what does this mean? — Kelmen, Dec 04 '13 at 06:17
Why would you not put this on the model as a property, then pass the property value to the partial view as the partial view's model? — ps2goat, Dec 04 '13 at 06:24

SpiderCode · Answer 1 · 2013-12-04T06:42:06.657

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You can use it as mentioned below :

In your View :

@Html.Partial("[ViewName]", (string)ViewBag.Message)

And Your partial View :

@model String

<b>@Model</b>

As Shown Above ViewBag.Message will be passed to the partial view. and in your partial view you can use it as a @Model.

Note : here type of ViewBag.Message is string. You can pass any type.

edited Dec 04 '13 at 06:42

answered Dec 04 '13 at 06:34

SpiderCode

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score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 02 '15 at 10:27

If you don't have to use ViewBag, you can use TempData. TempData is shared for the whole execution chain.

public class PropertyController : BaseController
{
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return View();
    }
    public ActionResult Step1()
    {
        TempData["Hello"] = "Hello";
        return PartialView();
    }
}

In Index.cshtml View

@Html.Partial("Step1")

Step1.cshtml partial view

@TempData["Hello"]

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 01 '18 at 10:32

Old question but if anyone here to find solution for this question..

You can pass viewbag value to partial with viewdatadictionary.

In your view:

@Html.Partial("_Partial", "", new ViewDataDictionary { { "permalink", ViewBag.Permalink } })

and in partial view use it like this:

ViewData["permalink"]

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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"Child actions follow a different controller/model/view lifecycle than parent actions. As a result they do not share ViewData/ViewBag."

The answer provides an alternate way of passing data.

Does a child action share the same ViewBag with its "parents" action?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Dec 04 '13 at 06:23

ps2goat

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 19 '18 at 16:54

You can try this in order to pass ViewBag to partial view from action:

Your controller:

public class PropertyController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return View();
    }


    public ActionResult Step1()
    {
        ViewBag.Hello = "Hello";

        return PartialView("_Partial1", ViewBag.Hello);
    }
}

Your view (Index.cshtml):

@Html.Action("Step1")

Your partial view (_Partial1.cshtml):

@ViewBag.Hello

score -1 · Answer 6 · edited Oct 05 '15 at 09:57

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return PartialView("partialviewname", obj);

edited Oct 05 '15 at 09:57

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answered Oct 05 '15 at 09:40

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Can you provide a more thorough explanation for your answer instead of a single line of code? – MattD Nov 06 '15 at 17:36
I agree to MattD. Your answer serves no purpose. – Sikandar Amla Oct 04 '17 at 06:34

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