Is there a way in the Layout to determine if this will render content?
@RenderSection("Right", required: false)
That is determine if there is actually content in the View to place in the section.
RenderBody() renders all the content of the child view which is not wrapped in the named section. RenderSection() renders only a part of the child view which is wrapped under the named section.
RenderBody() is called to render the content of a child view. Any content on said view that is not in a @section declaration will be rendered by RenderBody() . Using the Layout view above, that means that all content in a child view will be rendered inside the <div class="container body-content"> .
RenderBody method exists in the Layout page to render child page/view. It is just like the ContentPlaceHolder in master page. A layout page can have only one RenderBody method.
RenderBody is used for rendering the content of the child view. In layout pages, it renders the portion of a content page. It takes the content of the child page and merges into the layout.
Probably not exactly answering your question about testing if the section will render some content but you could test whether a section is defined and render it or provide a default content if this section is not defined:
@if (IsSectionDefined("Right")) {
@RenderSection("Right")
}
else {
<div>Default content</div>
}
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