MVC 4 Razor _Layout.cshtml use a HTML section for only one page

asp.net-mvc, asp.net-mvc-4, c#, razor

Solution

you can make a non mandatory section in your master page

@RenderSection("sectionforindex", required : false)

and in your index page implement it

@section sectionforindex
{
<div>
    //only for index page
</div>
}

Problem

I have a scenario where I want specific content from _Layout.cshtml to be used for only one view "_Layout.cshtml" looks like this.. ``` <div> //common part for all pages - 1 </div> <div> //only for index page - want this only for index page. //but don't know how to specify this condition. if(it is an index page) then use this section //I can't move this section to my index page, //because I have some html content Displayed on Index page from below section, i.e. common part-2. </div> <div> //common part for all pages - 2 </div> @RenderBody() <div> //common part for all pages - 3 </div> ``` My index.cshtml page should look like this.. ``` <div> //common part for all pages - 1 </div> <div> //only for index page </div> <div> //common part for all pages - 2 </div> //Content specific to index.cshtml <div> //common part for all pages - 3 </div> ``` And all other pages should look like this.. ``` <div> //common part for all pages - 1 </div> <div> //common part for all pages - 2 </div> //Content specific to all other pages <div> //common part for all pages - 3 </div> ``` How should I do it? what should I use?

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