How to add a 'default using' to all cshtml pages?

Question

I'm creating my first MVC.Net application and I find myself including @using Gideon.Core.Mvc; on almost every page. Is it possible to add it by default to all pages?

_{In Asp.Net I'm able to add default stuff for controls to the web.config, hopefully it can be done for MVC.Net as well.}

Answer 1

You can add them in the <system.web.webPages.razor> section in Views/Web.config.

Here is the default:

<system.web.webPages.razor>     <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />     <pages pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage">         <namespaces>             <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />             <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />             <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />             <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />         </namespaces>     </pages> </system.web.webPages.razor>