MVC4 section name with dot

Question

I'm working on a project which has several sections defined as follows:

@RenderSection("Sidebar.Top", false)
<div>somecontent</div>
@RenderSection("Sidebar.Bottom", false)

I want to render something in the bottom sidebar section, but when I use @section Sidebar.Bottom{} I get an error message saying

Cannot resolve section 'Sidebar'

Am I not allowed to use a . in a section name or is there a way to make this work?

Answer 1

you can't use points in a section name, but it's a very good question!

Answer 2

You cannot use a "." in the name of a section.

Answer 3

You can't use "."s in section names in ASP.NET MVC 4.0