Passing data from Html.Action to the partial view

Question

I'm still relatively new to MVC 3. I need to pass data from my @Html.Action methods through the controller to a partial view. So here is my flow. I'll call @Html.Action like this: ``` @Html.Action("SidebarMain", "Home", new List(new int[] {1, 2, 3})) ``` Then it will hit my Controller. Here is my method in my Home Controller: ``` public ActionResult SidebarMain(List items) { return View(items); } ``` Then my Partial View should be able to access the data like so: ``` @model List @{ ViewBag.Title = "SidebarMain"; Layout = null; }

@foreach (int item in Model) {

@item

}

``` BUT: I'm getting a null exception for the Model, meaning It's not passing through.

Accepted Answer

Try this:

```
Html.Action("SidebarMain", "Home", new { items = new List<int>(new int[] {1, 2, 3}) })
```

And put a breakpoint in your SidebarMain Action to see, if you are getting `items`

Passing data from Html.Action to the partial view

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