ASP.NET MVC5: Directly view the .cshtml file in browser

Question

I am new in ASP.NET MVC, I am trying to open Navbar.cshtml in browser directly. After a lots of efforts and seeing results I am not able to open it directly. It is showing me same errors after testing many results.

My Navbar.cshtml file is in view folder directory.

Navbar.cshtml

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Navbar";
}

<h2>Navbar</h2>

Answer 1

Like others have stated, you won't be able to view .cshtml files directly and need a controller to handle it. Doing something like this should help you view your desired Navbar.cshtml.

If possible, you should also set the correct startup file in the Startup.cs file.

Answer 2

First of all you have to create a controller action associate with that view.

In your controller,create an action method like this

 public ActionResult Navbar()
    {
       //do something
    }

Right click on actionname Navbar,add view Navbar.cshtml. Then run your cshtml file.

Answer 3

I think this is the solution you are looking . Lets say your Navbar.cshtml file is located under Shared folder

View("~/Views/Shared/Navbar.cshtml");

And also you have to call all view from a controller.