ASP.NET MVC FormsAuthentication check if user logged in

Question

I want to show some div at the view only if user has logged in.

That's how I tried to do it:

@{
    if (Request.IsAuthenticated)
    // if (User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
    {
        <div>
            Some content only for logged in users.
        </div>
    }
}

But Request.IsAuthenticated (and User.Identity.IsAuthenticated) is always true, even in the very beginning, right after I start the website from Visual Studio. Apparently, it gets me as the user logged in Windows (because User.Identity.Name returns my Windows login), but I need it to check if user has authenticated on website via FormsAuthentication.

That's my web.config:

<authentication mode="Forms">
  <forms loginUrl="/Account/Login" timeout="2880" />
</authentication>

How do I check if users has logged in via FormsAuthentication?

Answer 1

If you mean that you want to check if the user has logged in, I use the following:

@if (User.Identity.IsAuthenticated) { /* content */}