What is difference between Partial View and Layout View?

Question

User221424154 posted

When we Use Partial view in our mvc Application and when we use Layout view?

Answer 1

User475983607 posted

When we Use Partial view in our mvc Application and when we use Layout view?

Please see the openly published reference documentaiton.

A layout view provides a consistent layout for a site.  

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/views/layout

A partial view is a reusable component used within a View.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/views/partial

Answer 2

User1400794712 posted

Hi Manishamani,

Layout view is often used to set the layout of the page. For example, if each page of a web application need the same layout, we can set the same part in layout view and use @RenderBody() to reserve space for body part.

Partial view is used to reduce the duplication of view content(not include the layout part).

In a view, it is divided like this:

Main view:

@{
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}
<h2>PartialIndex</h2>
@{Html.RenderAction("TestPartial", new { id = 1 });}
@{Html.RenderAction("TestPartial", new { id = 2 });}
@{Html.RenderAction("TestPartial", new { id = 3 });}
@{Html.RenderAction("TestPartial", new { id = 4 });}
@{Html.RenderAction("TestPartial", new { id = 5 });}

Best Regards,

Daisy