How to get the current Action name inside the View

Question

In my _Layout page, I have got a search form and each controller has an index view. When the user clicks the search button, it searches in the current index view.

I want to show the search field if the user is index view if they go to other views, I wanted to hide it.

In my _Layout

 <form asp-action="Index" method="get" class="navbar-form form-inline navbar-right">
        <input class="form-control mr-sm-2" id="search" name="search" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
        <button class="btn btn-outline-success my-2 my-sm-0"  id="BtnSearch" name="BtnSarch" type="submit">Search</button>
    </form>

I am using JQuery at the moment but it is quite difficult to put every single view

    $("#search").hide();
    $("#BtnSearch").hide();

Basically, in my _Layout page, I wanted to show or hide Search form if the user is in the index view. how can i get current view name in _Layout view, please?

Answer 1

Basically, in my _Layout page, I wanted to show or hide Search form if the user is in the index view.

Try with below codes :

@if ("Index".Equals(ViewContext.RouteData.Values["Action"].ToString()))
{
    <form asp-action="Index" method="get" class="navbar-form form-inline navbar-right">
        <input class="form-control mr-sm-2" id="search" name="search" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
        <button class="btn btn-outline-success my-2 my-sm-0" id="BtnSearch" name="BtnSarch" type="submit">Search</button>
    </form>
}